The following articles and white papers offer guidance and resources for developers in the design and development of speech applications. The articles listed here provide general design and development information.
High-Level Overviews
Speech Application Language Tags (SALT)
Telephony 101: What Every Web Developer Should Know about the Voice Network
Voice User Interface (VUI) Design
Voice User Interface Design – Tips and Techniques
Voice User Interface Design – Purpose and Process
Heuristics: Lessons in the Art of Automated Conversation
Best Practices in Designing Speech User Interfaces
Text-to-Speech (Synthesized Speech)
Text-to-Speech and the Microsoft Speech Technologies Platform
Sample Applications
Microsoft Speech Server Deployment: Speech-Enabled Sample Applications
Speech-Enabled ASP.NET Commerce Starter Kit: Design and Implementation
Speech-Enabled Fitch and Mather Stocks: Design and Implementation