Motorola introduces voice technology for the Net
Motorola Inc. is unveiling its new Voice Markup Language, or VoxML, which
will enable people to use simple voice commands over the telephone to
retrieve information, such as banking records, stock quotes or weather
reports, from the Web. The company plans to distribute a software development
kit for VoxML, and hopes to make the new programming language an industry
standard. "People don't have the time or inclination to learn how to program
things, but they know how to speak," says an analyst with Cahners In-Stat
Group. The new technology "could really turn out to be something for Internet
connectivity," especially for wireless service providers who need to promote
special services in order to differentiate themselves from competitors. 
(Wall Street Journal 30 Sep 98)