VoiceXML Forum Launches First Issue of VoiceXML Review

15 January 2001 -- For immediate release

Piscataway, N.J.: The VoiceXML Forum today launched the inaugural issue of its e-zine, VoiceXML Review. Developed by the Forum’s Education Committee, the publication will serve as an educational vehicle for the VoiceXML community, and provide a mechanism for the Forum to promote its initiatives. The Forum anticipates the e-zine will foster growth and maturation in VoiceXML technology by educating the speech recognition
community and attracting new participants.

The e-zine can be accessed via the Web at http://www.voicexmlreview.org

“For the first time, contributors and observers within the VoiceXML community will have
a place to publish their findings and experiences, and learn from others on a regular
basis,” said Jonathan Engelsma, Editor-in-Chief of VoiceXML Review. “The interest
shown so far in this periodical is exciting, and we believe it has great potential in further
disseminating VoiceXML knowledge and expertise within and beyond the Forum’s
membership.”

The articles in VoiceXML Review will be authored by experts in the field of VoiceXML,
most of whom are members of the VoiceXML Forum. The periodical will be freely
available via the Forum’s Web site. An option will be available for readers to “register”
themselves as subscribers, which will allow them to receive notification when new issues
are posted. VoiceXML Review will also feature an interactive search page and an
archive of past issues.

Each issue of VoiceXML Review will feature a blend of full-length feature articles,
monthly columns, and news from the VoiceXML community. The first issue of the e-zine
will present the following articles:

Features:

• “What is VoiceXML?” by Kenneth G. Rehor
• “Activities of the VoiceXML Forum and the W3C” by Gerald M. Karam

Columns:

• “First Words: VoiceXML—Where Speech Meets the Web” by Rob Marchand
• “Speak & Listen: Find Answers to Your VoiceXML Questions” by Jeff Kunins

About the VoiceXML Forum
The VoiceXML Forum is an industry organization established to promote VoiceXML as
the universal standard for speech-enabled Web applications. The Forum, which is
composed of over 350 member companies (4 Sponsor Members, 29 Promoter
Members, and 320 Supporter Members), supports the work of the VoiceXML community
through its conformance testing, marketing, education, and outreach efforts. Bolstered
by a membership that has more than tripled in the past year, in 2000 the Forum
launched a Technical Council to support its Conformance and Education Committees,
and also formed a Marketing Committee. The VoiceXML Forum is a program of the IEEE
Industry Standards and Technology Organization (IEEE-ISTO), which manages the day-
to-day operations of the Forum.

Contacts:
Jonathan Engelsma
Editor-in-Chief, VoiceXML Review
Jonathan.Engelsma@motorola.com

Gerald Karam
Acting Chair, VoiceXML Forum Education Committee
Karam@research.att.com

Greg Kohn
Managing Editor, VoiceXML Review
Greg.Kohn@voicexmlreview.org