Tux Droid VoiceXML Web Browser
Synopsis
A VoiceXML web browser using a "Tux Droid" as the human-computer interface.
Codename
Vux
Rationale
A proof-of-concept for the multimodal web and a bit of fun.
Features
- Audio output via audio playback and TTS (text to speech)
- Input via the XML form of DTMF grammars described in the W3C Speech Recognition Grammar Specification, triggered by buttons on the Tux Droid remote.
- Input via speech recognition grammar data in the XML Form of the W3C Speech Recognition Grammar Specification.
- Record audio received from the user
Extra input and output
Input
- Push button on head - home
- Menu button - home
- Buttons 1-9, *, #, red, green, blue and yellow - DTMF tones
- Left direction button - back
- Right direction button - forward
- Vol+ & Vol- - volume control
Output
- Beak movements during TTS audio output
- Error, status and notification messages using flashing eyes, moving wings and spinning
Use Cases
- Voice webmail - reading email messages
- Voice interface for home automation
- Voice interface for music collection
Implementation
Possibly a front end to an existing VoiceXML interpreter such as Public VoiceXML which uses OpenVXI.