TMCnet recently interviewed Ivan Sixto, co-founder and president of I6NET and Fakhri Karray, co-founder and president of Vestec about Asterisk-based ASR solutions. Both companies are now entering in the mainstream as a lower-cost, more flexible and obsolescence-resistant alternative to traditional proprietary software for IVR.

By Brendan B. Read.

Source: TMCnet-Q&A  with i6net and Vestec on Asterisk-platform ASR

I6NET is pleased to announce the availability of a comprehensive end-to-end video solution based on I6NET’s innovative VXI* video software components and InnoMedia’s intelligent VSB2000 video endpoint. The solution enables service providers the ability to deploy new video services over Flash/RTMP, 3G-324m, Video-over-IPeasily. I6Net’s VXI* system provides an advanced IVVR media server for customers’ Video Contact Center, Video Conferencing, Video IVR or for the management of any video call transcoding required to connect to non-SIP CPE devices.

The VSB 2000 Video Set-Top Box (from InnoMedia) is designed to bring affordable video telephony to the living rooms of the masses. Using a standard TV in every household, VSB 2000 delivers clear and sharp images on the TV Screen with advanced H.264 compression capability. Designed to work with any standard telephone set, VSB 2000 reproduces sound through the handset or the TV speakers. Innovative features, enhances the user’s experience in a face-to-face video call. With its user-friendly design, VSB 2000 is an ideal end-user device for any VXI*/Asterisk Video Services.

For more information about InnoMedia, visit www.innomedia.com

We are pleased to share this very good document about VoiceXML the HTML of the voice web and open standard markup language for voice applications. Written by Bruce Lucas – software architect in the Voice Systems Group at the IBMT.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY.

Download:

• VoiceXML for Web-Based Distributed Conversational Applications.pdf - 281 hits

Yesterday’s MPEGLA announcement makes clear that AVC/H.264 codec royalties will continue not to be charged for such video beyond that time. Products and services other than Internet Broadcast AVC Video continue to be royalty-bearing.

Great new for your video services over VXI* VoiceXML browser!

Download (from the source):

• MPEGLA-Press-Release.pdf - 235 hits

Other Links:

• BusinessWeek – MPEG LA’s AVC License Will Not Charge Royalties for Internet Video
• Blog de Sinlogic – El códec H.264 queda libre de patentes para siempre
• Numerama – Menacé par WebM, le H.264 abandonne la redevance pour les vidéos gratuites

We present a new update of the Company Profile brochure; this new PDF file is now available at our download documents section.

Download:

• Vxi I6net Company Profile-V05.pdf - 373 hits

More information at: Documents

“Asterisk Video Resources” page on the Asterisk.org site contains about 40 videos. Some are tutorials, others are background material. A very good video collection to learn more about Asterisk!

Link: http://www.asterisk.org/video

We present a new update of the VXI* VoiceXML browser datasheet; this new PDF file is now available at our download documents section.

Download:

• Vxi I6net Datasheet-V06.pdf - 716 hits

More information at: Documents

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvN-Som3420

Excelent video from Call Centers Blogs on what an IVR (Interactive Voice Response) is, how and why it routes calls, what the benefits are, and some of the drawbacks of badly-designed IVRs.

Link to YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJjWLxY1tK8

Watch this new video from Digium to learn how you can get started with Asterisk! During this Steve Sokol presentation you will learn:

What is Asterisk?

• What can I do with Asterisk?
• Which version should I use?
• How do I get started?

Enjoy it!

Link: https://www.brainshark.com/brainshark/vu/view.asp?pi=zHnzBv9g6z1rtuz0