Input Element Type Optionlist | Motorola 1 specification

VoxML 1.0 Element Reference

INPUT Element : Type OPTIONLIST

The OPTIONLIST input is used to specify a list of options from which the user can select. This input type is used in conjunction with the OPTION element, which defines the specific user responses and the behavior associated with each.

Syntax

<INPUT TYPE="OPTIONLIST" [NAME="value"] [TIMEOUT="value"] [NEXT="value" [NEXTMETHOD="value"] ] > OPTION elements </INPUT>

Attributes

Attribute Name	Allowed Values

NAME	identifier

NEXT	next step URL

NEXTMETHOD	GET *
	POST

TIMEOUT	milliseconds (integer)

Examples

1 <STEP NAME="init">

2<PROMPT> What would you like to drink? </PROMPT>

3<INPUT TYPE="optionlist">

4<OPTION NEXT="#coke"> coke </OPTION>

5<OPTION NEXT="#coke"> coca-cola </OPTION>

6<OPTION NEXT="#pepsi"> pepsi </OPTION>

7<OPTION NEXT="#rc"> r c </OPTION

8</INPUT>

9</STEP>

In this simple example, the VoxML voice browser will go to a different STEP depending on which cola the user selects. As defined on lines 4 and 5, if the user said “coke” or “coca-cola”, the voice browser would go to the STEP named “coke”.

October 1998

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