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Digium, the creator of the Number one open source VoIP IP Telephony and IP PBX software Asterisk, has partnered with I6NET to provide an VoiceXML browser as an add on for Asterisk. Asterisk powers Digium’s family of software and hardware appliances including AsteriskNOW™, Asterisk Business Edition™ and Switchvox™.
So what does this VoiceXML browser does to Asterisk? You can talk and interact with asterisk via IVR applications. It will provide the capability to create interactive voice and video applications. I6NET’s add on first complete VoiceXML browser add-on for Asterisk.
VXI* VoiceXML browser for Asterisk gives developers, operators, and service providers the ability to rapidly develop and deploy innovative VoiceXML-controlled voice and video applications in VoIP, PSTN, and 3G-324M networks. VXI* is fully compliant with W3C VoiceXML 2.0 and some 2.1 specifications, and can easily integrate automatic speech recognition (ASR) and text-to-speech (TTS) systems to enable advanced IVVR applications, voice and video communications, and real-time video calling applications. VXI* interpreter is pluggable into standard Digium Asterisk PBX releases including Asterisk Business Edition. The solution provides the important benefits of scalability and a low cost solution profile. Most users of Asterisk can run VoiceXML in the same server.
"Choosing the Asterisk telephony platform is the most important decision we have taken for deploying our VoiceXML browser", said Ivan Sixto, CEO at I6NET. "Asterisk is a strong system on which developer’s ecosystem can easily build advanced multimedia services with VXI*. Running web-enabled Interactive Voice and Video Response (IVVR) applications is now possible on the Asterisk platform."

"Asterisk is designed from the ground up to provide a flexible platform for developing value-added applications," said Jim Webster, director of technology partnerships at Digium. "The work I6NET has done provides a new option with powerful potential for speech solution providers. VXI* is a good example of business-focused innovation from the worldwide Asterisk ecosystem."

The complete press release could be found at Digium Mediacenter.