Getting to an SIV Module for VoiceXML 3.0

A tremendous amount of market interest has grown in speaker identification and verification (SIV). VoiceXML developers are being asked to add SIV to existing applications and to build new SIV applications, while VoiceXML-compliant companies, such as Voxeo, Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, and Angel.com, have active partnerships with SIV technology companies. All of this favors the development of a solid SIV module for VoiceXML 3.0 as soon as possible so standards-based SIV can be integrated into VoiceXML and other applications quickly and easily. The module covers three operations, or core functions: enrollment, identification, and verification. The draft module is nicely crafted and described in language familiar to the VoiceXML professionals who will use it. However, it is only a skeleton.