Do you know telephony but need to learn about the Web? Do you know the Web but need to learn telecom? Are you a Webmaster who need to telephonyenable your site?If you answered Yes to any of these questions, then this book is for you. Bob Edgar explains everything you need to understand and use VoiceXML, the HTML for telephony which is revolutionizing the industry.Not a telephony expert? Not a Web expert? No problem, Bob covers all the background youll need: how the Web works, how telecom and computer telephony work, XML, voice browsers and more. Once youve understood the background, Bob starts with a Hello, World applicationa VoiceXML page which answers the phone and speaks to youthen leads you step by step through all the features of VoiceXML, including VoiceXML 2.0.* Graphical Web Browsing, HTML and HTTP * Telecommunications * Computer Telephony * Voice Recognition and TexttoSpeech * XML * VoiceXML Tutorial * Use Voice Browsers to Create PhoneEnabled Web SitesBob Edgar, Ph.D., works for Dialogic Corp., an Intel company and a leading manufacturer of computer telephony hardware and software components. Dr. Edgar started his software career as a theoretical physicist running mainframe calculations to simulate realistic quantum fields. Bob later founded and ran Parity Software Development Corp., a manufacturer of telephony software development tools, which was acquired by Dialogic in September 1999. Bobs previous book, PC Telephony, has been a bestseller in the industry for many years.