VoiceXML Forum Certified Platforms

Eureka! spkydog was speaking prophetically in his posting yesterday, when he suggested that eventually some VoiceXML tool vendors would announce their tooling supports VoiceXML platforms that are formally certified by the VoiceXML Forum. This morning a press release was issued by VoiceObjects and VoxPilot doing just that! The press release cites the fact that the VoxPilot platform is independently certified, and that refers to the Forum's platform certification program. VoxPilot was one of the first platform's that obtained the certification and the test results are publically available on the Forum's website.

What's the big deal you ask? Well, if you are interested in portable VoiceXML content, this is a very big deal, as the odds are good that content developed using VoiceObjects Factory, its going to port quite readily to any and all Forum certified platforms - that includes 4 popular platforms to-date, and many more (as rumor has it) that are currently in the certification pipeline.

The bottom line? Developers will get the max flexibility and bang for their buck if they utilize tools that target certified platforms. Tool vendors should insist that their platform partners get certified, and platform vendors shouldn't think twice!

For now, VoiceObjects is the tool vendor to watch!

Read the press release.