Presented at Globe Labs Developer Day, April 13, 2013

1. Globe Labs – Voice API
Power up your apps with voice capabilities!
Michelle Santos
Developer Relations Manager – Globe Labs
www.globelabs.com.ph | globelabs@globetel.com.ph
T: @globelabs
F: facebook.com/ globelabs
G+: gplus.to/globelabsph

2.
and
Mobile
Ecosystem
• Launched
2008
• Innova9on
Driven
• Work
with
Individual
Developers
and
Startups
• Enable
to
build,
launch
&
market
new
apps
and
services
• 4000+
Members
• IT
Professionals
(Developers,
Designers,
Sys
Admin),
Students,
Business
Managers
Mobile
Platforms
Apps and
Content
APIs, SDKs and
Platforms
Distribution
Channels
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3. Conduct Training & Sponsor Community
Events
Provide Developer Tools & Platforms
Provide Advice on Market Viability & Champion
Commercialization Channels
LEARN
-­‐
BUILD
-­‐
LAUNCH

4. ? Your App Here
70+
Applica9ons
/
Services
as
of
Launched
as
2010

5. APIs (www.globelabs.com.ph)
Messaging API
(SMS & MMS)
Location-Based
Services API
Voice API
The Globe Labs APIs were officially launched on August
2008 and provided the first publicly accessible Telco API in
the Philippines.

6. Featured
App
–
Tropa.ph

7. Featured
App
–
GL
APIs
@tweetitow
SMS Tweeting in Philippines, and
MMS / Twit Pic (Beta)
Register (Online – OAuth):
http://app.tweetitow.com/
Send a Tweet:
- Send tweets to 23737033
Send MMS (Beta):

8. WHY
VOICE?

9. Globe
Labs
–
Voice
API
• RESTful
API
(powered
by
Tropo©)
• 3
Types:
–
Scrip<ng
–
Web
API
–
RESTFul
API
• Popular
Programming
Languages
– Javascript,
PHP,
Ruby,
Groovy,
Python

10. Globe
Labs
–
Voice
API
(powered
by
Tropo©)
• Inbound
and
Outbound
Phone
Calls*
from
within
any
Web
or
Mobile
App
• Call
conferencing
(up
too
100
simultaneous
calls)
• Automated
Speech
Recogni<on
(ASR)
in
several
languages
• Text-­‐to-­‐Speech
(TTS)
• SIP
calls
• Call
Recording
and
Transcrip<on
• Your
own
access
number
(2373-­‐####)
*
API
is
currently
in
developer
preview,
calls
are
limited
to
Globe
and
TM
numbers
only

11. Key
Feature
and
Func9onali9es
• Answer
a
call
<?php!
!!say (“Hello there”);!
?>!

12. Key
Feature
and
Func9onali9es
• Call
Control
– Transfer
/
Forward
<?php !
say("Please wait while we transfer your call. Press star to
cancel the transfer."); !
transfer(array(”+639171234567","sip: !
12345678912@221.122.54.86"), array( "playvalue" => !
"http://www.phono.com/audio/holdmusic.mp3", "terminator" !
=> "*", "onTimeout" => "timeoutFCN" ) ); !
function timeoutFCN($event) { say("Sorry, but nobody
answered."); } !
?>!

13. Key
Feature
and
Func9onali9es
• Call
Control
– ConCall
<?php !
say("Welcome to the geek singles hotline!"); !
conference("1337", array( "terminator"=>"*",
"mute" => false, "playTones" => true ) ); !
say("We hope you had fun, call back soon!"); !
?>!

14. Key
Feature
and
Func9onali9es
• Speech
Recogni<on
<?php !
$result = ask("What's your favorite color?
Choose from red, blue or green.”,
array( "choices" => "red, blue, green" )); !
say("You said" . $result->value); !
_log("They said " . $result->value);!
?>!

15. Key
Feature
and
Func9onali9es
• Record
an
Audio
<?php !
say("Welcome to the hotline!"); !
record("Tell us how you feel!", array
( "recordURI"=>"http://example.com/
recording.php" ) ); !
?>!

16. Try
it
out!
• Mobile
Dealer
Inventory
– hYps://voxeo13196.globelabsbeta.com/sessions?
ac<on=create&token=408aef1dffca45e8a42b7bd597d3c5d
e017d87fddf09115aeb5280e26635cf72d0b5313767290e
e4567dfe&numberToDial=<+63#########>
• Note:
change
the
mobile
number<+63#########>
to
another
number
you
wish
to
test
– Data
page:
hYp://bit.ly/case1-­‐db

17. Try
it
out!
• Event
Registra<on
– Presented
from
Globe
Labs
Developers
Day,
April
13)
– Programmed
in
less
than
2
hours
– To
test:
dial
23739359*
*
API
is
currently
in
developer
preview,
calls
are
limited
to
Globe
and
TM
numbers
only.
Soon
available
to
Super
Duo
subs
as
well.

18. • Join the challenge!
• Power up your apps with Globe Labs Voice API
(powered by Tropo)
• Get a chance to win…. PHP 50,000(subject to applicable taxes)
• http://bit.ly/globelabs-voiceapichallenge
• Deadline for proposals: April 29*

19. URLs:
Links
and
References
• API
Challenge
details
– hYp://bit.ly/globelabs-­‐voiceapichallenge
• Samples
and
Codes:
– hYps://github.com/globelabs
• Documenta<on:
– hYp://bit.ly/globelabs-­‐tropo-­‐docs

20. @globelabs
globelabs@globetel.com.ph
www.globelabs.com.ph

21. Globe Labs – Voice API
Power up your apps with voice capabilities!
Michelle Santos
Developer Relations Manager – Globe Labs
www.globelabs.com.ph | globelabs@globetel.com.ph
T: @globelabs
F: facebook.com/ globelabs
G+: gplus.to/globelabsph