Telesoft Technologies OKEFORD Media Platform certified VoiceXML 2 compliant by VoiceXML Forum

Released on: June 16, 2008, 3:07 am

Press Release Author: Tim Daniels / Telesoft Technologies

Industry: Telecommunications

Press Release Summary: Telesoft Technologies announces that its OKEFORD Media
Platform has been certified as VoiceXML 2.0 compliant by the VoiceXML Forum.

Press Release Body: Blandford, England, 16th June 2008 - Telesoft Technologies, a
leading provider of carrier-grade next generation Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
systems, announced today that its OKEFORD Media Platform has been certified as
VoiceXML 2.0 compliant by the VoiceXML Forum. The VoiceXML Forum is a global
industry organization chartered to promote and to accelerate the adoption of
VoiceXML-based applications.

The VoiceXML language allows system integrators (SI) and OEMs to quickly develop
voice-controlled services for customer care (bill payment, mobile top-up, etc) and
value-added services (directory assistance, news, televoting, etc) on the OKEFORD
Media Platform. It uses VoiceXML to control up to 500,000 calls per hour in 24
languages and with up to 8 different simultaneous applications from a single unit.

"The OKEFORD Media Platform allows our SI and OEM partners to create services valued
by subscribers and create new revenue streams for Telecom Service Providers," said
Andy Evripides, VP Sales & Marketing, Telesoft Technologies. "VoiceXML platform
certification demonstrates our commitment to open standards and interoperability
where customers can use the best-of-breed tools and applications to quickly develop
valued services."

VoiceXML (Voice Extensible Markup Language) is specifically designed to support
interaction via voice, while HTML, for instance, is designed to support text
interaction. Its major advantage is to allow web-based creation of IVR applications.
It's designed to handle automated speech recognition (ASR), text-to-speech (TTS),
audio files, touch-tone and voice recording.

VoiceXML allows fast development of speech recognition routines for media platforms.
VoiceXML is important as it allows portions of code to be reused in other
developments and can be easily ported to different underlying hardware to drive
rapid deployment of new systems into the field.

"VoiceXML platform certification has helped to mature the industry by encouraging
the cross-vendor interoperability of platforms, tools, and applications," said Ken
Rehor, chair of the VoiceXML Forum's Conformance Committee. "We congratulate
Telesoft on its recent certification."


About the VoiceXML Forum
Founded in 1999, the VoiceXML Forum is an industry organization whose mission is to
promote and to accelerate the worldwide adoption of VoiceXML-based applications. To
this end, the Forum serves as an educational and technical resource, a certification
authority and a contributor and liaison to international standards bodies, such as
the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) IETF, ANSI and ISO. The VoiceXML Forum is
organized as a program of the IEEE Industry Standards and Technology Organization
(IEEE-ISTO). Membership in the Forum is open to any interested company. For more
information, please visit the Website at www.voicexml.org.

About Telesoft Technologies
Telesoft Technologies (a UK based company, www.telesoft-technologies.com) is focused
on providing reliable and cost-effective Telecommunications, Monitoring, Homeland
Security and Intelligence solutions. Its products solve inter-working connectivity
problems and provide applications valued by telecom operators and customers. More
than 250 operators use Telesoft telephony products in fixed, 2G, 3G mobile and IP
networks in over 100 countries.

For more information, please contact:
Tim Daniels (Telesoft Technologies) Product Marketing Manager
Tel: +44 1258 486 518
Email: tdaniels@telesoft-technologies.com

Note to Editors:
1. The Telesoft Technologies name and the Telesoft Technologies logo are trademarks
or registered trademarks of Telesoft Technologies Ltd. All other brand or product
names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Web Site:
http://www.telesoft-technologies.com/articles.asp?strAreaNo=2007&intElement=4702

Contact Details: Tim Daniels (Telesoft Technologies) Product Marketing Manager
Tel: +44 1258 486 518
Email: tdaniels@telesoft-technologies.com

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