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Released by Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc. www.genesyslab.com Document Version: 76gvp_ref_xml_11-2010_v7.6.401.00 Table of Contents Preface ................................................................................................................... 7 Intended Audience..................................................................................... 7 Chapter Summaries................................................................................... 8 Document Conventions ............................................................................. 8 Related Resources.................................................................................. 10 Making Comments on This Document .................................................... 12 Document Change History ...................................................................... 12 Release 7.6.4...................................................................................... 12 Chapter 1 Overview................................................................................................ 13 Introducing VoiceXML.............................................................................. 13 VoiceXML Platform Architecture.............................................................. 14 Supported Schemas................................................................................ 15 Platform Specifics.................................................................................... 15 Referencing Grammars Dynamically .................................................. 16 Referencing Scripts Dynamically ........................................................ 16 Concatenating Prompts Dynamically Using <foreach> ...................... 16 Using <mark> to Detect Bargein During Prompt Playback................. 18 Recording User Utterances While Attempting Recognition ................ 19 Adding namelist to <disconnect>........................................................ 24 Adding type to <transfer> ................................................................... 24 Accessing Additional Properties from ASR Results............................ 26 Support Notes..................................................................................... 27 VoiceXML Properties............................................................................... 28 VoiceXML 2.0...................................................................................... 28 VoiceXML 2.1...................................................................................... 30 Chapter 2 Platform Extensions............................................................................. 33 Platform Extensions to VoiceXML ........................................................... 33 Element Extensions ............................................................................ 33 Property Extensions............................................................................ 39 Error Extensions ................................................................................. 45 Platform-Specific Properties ............................................................... 46 Call Control Elements.............................................................................. 48 VoiceXML 2.1—Reference Manual 3 Table of Contents TXML .................................................................................................. 49 Object Element Extensions................................................................. 50 Chapter 3 Reference for Call Control Elements .................................................. 63 Call Control Elements.............................................................................. 64 <ALERT_LEG>........................................................................................ 65 <BRIDGE_CALL>.................................................................................... 66 <CREATE_LEG_AND_DIAL> ................................................................. 68 How It Works....................................................................................... 71 Route-Based Dialing........................................................................... 73 <HANGUP_AND_DESTROY_LEG>....................................................... 73 <END_SESSION>................................................................................... 74 <LEG_WAIT> .......................................................................................... 75 <ON_LEGHUP> ...................................................................................... 77 <QUEUE_CALL>..................................................................................... 78 <REXFER>.............................................................................................. 82 <SCRIPT_RESULT> ............................................................................... 84 <SET> ..................................................................................................... 87 <UNBRIDGE_CALL> .............................................................................. 88 Treatments............................................................................................... 90 PlayAnnouncement............................................................................. 90 PlayAnnouncementandCollectDigits................................................... 91 PlayApplication ................................................................................... 92 Music .................................................................................................. 92 Retransfer ........................................................................................... 92 Appendix A Transfer Scripts with DTMF Base ....................................................... 93 Overview.................................................................................................. 93 Configuring TransferConnect in GVP ...................................................... 93 Examples of Transfer Scripts................................................................... 93 Converted XML Script for XferConnect .............................................. 94 Appendix B UTF-8 Support for Attached Data........................................................ 99 Overview.................................................................................................