LocusDialog releases OpenDialog.

LocusDialog recently announced the release of OpenDialog, the open-standard-based version of its auto-attendant and call routing application. Initially released on voice XML, OpenDialog can operate on the LocusDialog Speech Application Server or can be integrated onto a third-party voice XML platform, making it available as an application that can run alongside other VXML applications. Leveraging the features of tile LocusDialogSTS standalone system OpenDialog and the LocusDialog Speech Application Server target open-standard platform providers wanting to add a robust and feature-rich speech-enabled auto-attendant and call routing application to their product offering, OpenDialog will include complete access to LocusDialog's phonetic dictionary, containing close to one million proper nouns. The company expects that this large phonetic dictionary combined with LocusDialog's advanced discourse manager technology can result in a call transfer efficiency rate in excess of 95 percent. The LocusDialog phonetic, speech and signal processing technologies combined with this dictionary can significantly enhance the performance of speech recognition engines. This level of functionality and performance is critical in large vocabulary applications requiring a minimum number of dialog interactions to ensure a user-friendly calling experience. OpenDialog and the LocusDialog Speech Application Server provide support for various ASR engines and VXML gateways via the LocusDialog gateway adapter; personalization and branding of speech applications; VUI (voice user interface) design and implementation for multilingual applications; and easily adaptable framework for other open standards such as SALT and X+V. www.locusdialog.com