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Nu Echo releases free NuGram IDE Basic Edition

April 2nd, 2009 by Andreas Volmer

For a couple of months, many of us have been happy users of the beta version of NuEcho’s Eclipse-based NuGram IDE, my favourite grammar development and testing tool. Now, on March 31, they announced general availability of the “Basic Edition” of their IDE. It’s available as an Eclipse plug-in from their website.

Good news: It remains free of charge. A Professional Edition will follow in a few weeks, and I’m very curious as to what the additional features will cover. Also, their NuGram Server (which is all about creating dynamic grammars) will be generally available soon. Maybe some of you remember my blog on integrating VoiceObjects Server with NuGram Server, where I showed how the combination of both products makes it easier than ever to manage dynamic grammars.

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One Response to “Nu Echo releases free NuGram IDE Basic Edition”

  1. Dominique Boucher Says:
    April 3rd, 2009 at 4:07 am

    Hi Andreas,

    First, thanks for mentioning our product!

    Regarding your interrogations, most of the additional features of NuGram IDE Professional Edition are already documented. Just go to http://nugram.nuecho.com/html_app/doc/grammar_ide and look for “(Professional Edition only)”. Andas we are in the process of enhancing the NuGram Platform website, we will soon provide a feature comparison matrix.

    In short, the professional edition will add (1) tools for supporting large projects, (2) an enhanced sentence generation tool, and (3) support for generating and testing dynamic grammars developed in a more “JSP-like” way. Note that this edition will also include a license of NuGram Server, which will have a much simpler interface than the JSON-based one, thus easing the integration of dynamic grammars in applications developed with tools like VO. Stay tuned!

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