You are at the start of a new VoiceXML project. Or you’ve just completed a project and you are slowly entering maintenance mode. Better yet, you’re in the middle of a large project involving speech recognition grammars. Whatever situation you’re in, now is the best time to migrate to NuGram IDE. You may find that this is one of the best moves you’ve done in a long time. Here is why:
- It’s easy. If you haven’t already done so, downloading and installing NuGram IDE takes only a few minutes. Then, converting existing grammars to ABNF (assuming that you don’t already uses the ABNF format) is a matter of seconds. On a .grxml file in the Navigator view, simply right-click on the resource to open the contextual menu, and select “Grammar Tools > Convert to ABNF“. It’s as simple as that. You’re using GSL grammars? Don’t despair! The next release, due real soon, will provide a GSL to ABNF converter.
- You’ll increase productivity. Yes, installing NuGram IDE and converting grammars will cost you a few minutes of your time. But you will rapidly recover this investment many times over through increased productivity:
- NuGram IDE provides many powerful tools to help you edit, debug and maintain your grammars in the same environment as your preferred Eclipse-based service creation environment, be it VoiceObjects Desktop, Cisco CVP Studio, etc.
- NuGram IDE provides a “builder” that automatically converts ABNF grammars to the format of your choice as soon as you save them. No need to manually convert each grammar one at a time.
- You’ll increase quality. NuGram IDE was designed to maximize grammar quality by:
- Helping you find grammar problems quickly and fix them easily. For instance, the grammar editor instantaneously flags syntax errors with meaningful diagnostic information and the coverage tool enables you to make sure that the grammar hasn’t been accidentally broken.
- Providing powerful transformation and refactoring tools that always preserve the integrity of the grammar, therefore avoiding tedious and error-prone manipulations. This directly results from the fact that all NuGram IDE tools truly understand the underlying grammar structure since they work on an abstract representation level, not on the textual level.
- It’s free. We provide the beta version completely free of charge. And once we reach GA, the Basic Edition will remain free. You just need to register to be able to download new versions of NuGram IDE and be notified of new releases.
- There’s no risk. You don’t like using NuGram IDE ? Easy. Just export the grammars to your preferred format and go back to using your old tools. But frankly, we don’t believe you’ll ever want to do that.
So why wait? Register and download NuGram IDE now! Start using it and give us feedback. Help us provide you with the best tools ever for grammar development.
