For the past three years, VoiceObjects Developer Edition has provided you with the most advanced development environment for multi-channel unified self-service applications in the market. Free to download, free to use, you can rapidly create and test sophisticated services that utilize the full power of the VoiceObjects framework for user-centered dialogs, easy backend access, and dynamic personalization.

The question most frequently asked by our developers during this time was: Can you make deploying these applications just as simple as developing them? By combining our application management knowledge with our extensive hosting experience, we are now able to do just that with VoiceObjects On-Demand, a new capability of VoiceObjects 10 that is now available as Early Access.

VoiceObjects On-Demand integrates seamlessly with Voxeo’s Evolution Developer Portal. All you need to get started is VoiceObjects 10 and a free Evolution account. In Desktop for Eclipse, simply open the Preferences, select Work with VoiceObjects On-Demand, and enter your Evolution credentials:

Your VoiceObjects On-Demand comes pre-configured with a multi-channel sample application (a number guessing game) and a Control Center that gives you full deployment access to your hosted VoiceObjects Server.

To make full use of the deep integration between Desktop for Eclipse and the cloud, VoiceObjects 10 offers a streamlined way of deploying applications. Simply right-click on the start object (in this case the root Module of the number guessing game) and select Deploy Application.

In the cascading sub-menu you can select to either deploy your application to an existing service, or to create a new service on-the-fly. After deployment is finished, The Test Monitor comes up:

You can call your application right away, using Voxeo’s Phono or Skype.

The applications you set up are also present in your Evolution Application Manager, which is where you can e.g. add phone numbers to it.

Using the Control Center in Desktop for Eclipse, you can manage your deployments, make changes, or access logs. There’s even a new option to easily undeploy services you do not need or want anymore.

In summary, VoiceObjects 10’s new VoiceObjects On-Demand mode offers all the benefits of a full-scale “big iron” VoiceObjects deployment – without any of the cost or maintenance. All you need to build your castles in the cloud is VoiceObjects Developer Edition and a free Voxeo Evolution account.

To learn more, a comprehensive set of documentation for VoiceObjects is available here. Read about the VoiceObjects On-Demand announcements, watch a video introduction, or just get going yourself following five easy steps.

And as always, let us know what you think!