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| Acronym |
Description |
Purpose |
url |
| Aurora |
ETSI algorithms for distributed speech recognition |
Enables features extraction on a client and the remainder
of speech recognition to occur on a server |
Document 200 076 from http://www.esti.org/getastandard/home.htm |
| Bluetooth |
Short range transmission standard |
Low power wireless technology for connecting
electronic devices |
http://www.bluetooth.com/ |
| BioAPI |
Biometric Application Programming Interface |
API for developing applications using biometric technologies such as voice, fingerprint and retina; covers the basic functions of enrollment, verification, and identification |
http://www.bioapi.org http://www.incits.org |
| CCXML |
Call Control XML |
create, transfer, disconnect, and manage telephone
calls |
http://www.w3.org/TR/ccxml/ |
| CDMA |
Code Division Multiple Access |
Digital technology for delivering mobile telephone
services |
http://www.cdg.org/index.asp |
| CSTA |
European Computer Manufacturers Association Standard
ECMA-269 Services and ECMA-323 XML Protocols for Computer Supported Telecommunications
Applications |
Applications interface and protocols for monitoring
and controlling calls and devices in a communications network |
http://www.ecma-international.org/ |
| EMMA |
Extended Mulitmodal Annotation |
Specify annotations to semantic representation from
modality components |
http://www.w3.org/TR/EMMAreqs/ |
| ETSI Telephony Commands |
Generic spoken command vocabulary for ICT devices
and services |
Spoken commands for communication devices and services
in five European languages—English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. |
Document 201 108 from http://www.etsi.org/getastandard/home.htm |
| GSM |
Global System for Mobile Communication family of standards
including GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), EDGE (Enhanced Data for GSM
Evolution), and 3GSM (Third Generation System for Mobile Communication) |
High quality and secure mobile voice and data services
(such as SMS/Text Messaging) with full roaming capabilities across the world |
http://www.gsmworld.com/technology/index.shtml |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
Satellite-based radio system providing 24-hour location
and time information |
http://www.fs.fed.us/database/gps/gpslinks.htm |
| H.323 |
Transmits real-time audio, video, and data information
over packet switching-based networks |
http://www.h323forum.org/ |
|
| HTML |
Hypertext Markup Language |
Format based upon SGML, is created and processed with
a wide range of tools, from simple plain text editors—you type it in from
scratch—to sophisticated WYSIWYG authoring tools. |
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/ |
| HTTP |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
A protocol used between a web browser and a Web server
to request and receive web pages. |
http://www.w3.org/Protocols/ |
| InkXML |
Ink Extensible Markup Language |
Specify the recording and recognition of handwriting
and pen gestures |
http://www.w3.org/TR/inkreqs/ |
| IP |
Internet Protocol |
Packet-based protocol used for linking computing devices
on the Internet and transmitying information among them |
|
| JSAPI |
Sun’s Java Speech API |
API supports command and control recognizers, dictation
systems and speech synthesizers |
http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/speech/ |
| JTAPI |
Sun’s Java Telephony API |
JavaTM API for telephony call control |
http://java.sun.com/products/jtapi/ |
| LDAP |
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
Accesses directories supporting the X.500 models
|
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2251.txt |
| MGCP |
Media Gateway Control Protocol |
onversion of audio signals carried on telephone circuits
to data carried over the Internet or other packet networks. |
|
| MVIP |
Multi Vendor Integration Protocol |
Integrates voice processing, FAX, data communications,
video conferencing, and other telephony devices |
http://www.mvip.org/ |
| RTP |
Real-time Transport Protocol |
Provides end-to-end network transport functions suitable
for applications transmitting real-time data, such as audio, video or simulation
data, over multicast or unicast network services. RTP does not address resource
reservation and does not guarantee quality-of-service for real-time services. |
|
| SAPI |
Speech Application Program Interface |
Replaced by Microsoft® .NET Speech SDK |
|
| Semantic Interpretation |
Semantic Interpretation Language |
Extraction and translation of words from text into
a semantic representation |
http://www.w3.org/TR/20001/WD-semantic-interpretation-20011116 |
| SGCP |
Simple Gateway Control Protocol |
A “remote control” protocol that the server uses to
program gateways. |
http://www.argreenhouse.com/SGCP/ |
| SIP |
Session Initiation Protocol |
Creates, modifies and terminates sessions with one
or more participants |
http://www.sipforum.com/ http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/sip-charter.html |
| SMS |
Short Message Service |
Sends and receives text messages to and from mobile
telephones. The text is comprised of words or numbers or an alphanumeric
combination. |
http://www.smsforum.net/ |
| SpeechSC |
Speech System Control |
Protocols for managing remote speech recognition,
speakier identification and verification, and speech synthesis |
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-speechsc-reqts-03.txt http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-speechsc-protocol-eval-01.txt |
| SSML |
Speech Synthesis Markup Language |
Specify the pronunciation, speaking rate, volume,
pitch, voice, and inflections for speech synthesis engines |
http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-synthesis/ |
| SRGS |
Speech Recognition Grammar Specification |
Specify grammars of words and phrawses for recognition
engines |
http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-grammar/ |
| SWAP |
Shared Wireless Access Protocol developed by the HomeRF
Working Group |
SWAP is a specification for wireless voice and data
networking in the home. |
http://www.smarthomeforum.com/start/default.asp |
| TAPI |
Telephone API |
API set for telephony devices, including modems and
other communications devices |
http://allen-martin-inc.com/amtapitelephony.asp |
| TDMA |
Time Division Multiple Access |
Digital transmission technology that allows a number
of users to access a single radio-frequency (RF) channel without interference
by allocating unique time slots to each user within each |
http://www.iec.org/online/tutorials/tdma/ |
| TSAPI |
Telephony Services API developed by AT&T
and Novell |
Integrates (CTI) on a Novell network |
|
| VoIP |
Voice over IP Packetizes standard
voice signals and encodes them using IP |
||
| WAP |
Wireless Application Protocol |
An open, global specification that empowers users
of digital mobile phones, pagers, personal digital assistants, and other wireless devices to securely access and interact with Internet/intranet/extranet content, applications and services. |
http://www.openmobilealliance.org/ http://www.wapforum.org/what/technical.htm |
| VoiceXML 2.0 |
Voice Extensible Markup Language |
Specify telephony dialogs |
http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/CR-voicexml20-20030220/ |
| XForms |
Specification of Web forms to be used with a
wide variety of platforms including desktop computers, handhelds, and information
appliances. |
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/ |
|
| XPath |
Used to address parts of an XML document |
http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath |
|
| xDSL |
Digital Subscriber Lines |
Obtains more bandwidth over existing copper
telephone cabling running between a customer’s premises and a Telco’s Central
Office. DSL allows simultaneous voice and high-speed data services, such
as super fast Internet access over a single pair of copper telephone wires.
There are several variations of ‘DSL’ that include: ADSL—Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line R-ADSL—Rate-Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line HDSL—High Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Line VDSL—Very High Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Line SDSL—Symmetric Digital Subscriber |
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| XML |
Extensible Markup Language |
Flexible text format derived from SGML |
http://www.w3.org/XML/ |
| XSLT |
eXtensible Stylesheet Language |
XSL is a language for expressing stylesheets that
specify the presentation of a class of XML documents by describing how an
instance of the class is transformed into an XML document that uses the formatting
vocabulary. |
http://www.w3.org/Style/XSL/ |
| 802.11b,a,g |
2.4 and 5 Ghz short range wireless |
802.11 refers to a family of specifications for an
over-the-air interface between a wireless client and a base station or between
two wireless clients. |
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/11/ |