Built-in field types and grammars

The built-in field types and grammars for Japanese are listed here.

Table 1. Japanese built-in types
Element Implementation details
boolean Users can say positive responses such as
affirmative word in Japanese
, ok, and
affirmative word in Japanese
or negative responses such as
negative word in Japanese
and
negative word in Japanese
.

Users can also provide DTMF input: 1 is yes, and 2 is no.

The return value sent is a boolean true or false. If the field name is subsequently used in a value attribute within a prompt, the TTS engine will speak
yes
or


no
.
currency Users can say Japanese currency values in “yen” from 0 to 999,999,999,999.

Users can also provide DTMF input using the numbers 0 through 9 and must terminate DTMF entry using the # key.

The return value sent is a string in the format UUUdddddddd.cc, where UUU is a currency indicator; currently the only supported currency type is JPY (for Japanese yen.) If the field name is subsequently used in a value attribute within a prompt, the TTS engine will speak the currency value. In DTMF input's case, only input digits are returned.

date Users can say a date using months, days, and years, as well as the words
yesterday in Japanese
,
today in Japanese
, and
tomorrow in Japanese
. Common constructs such as “
date in Japanese
” are supported.

Users can also provide DTMF input in the form yyyymmdd.

Note: The date grammar does not perform leap year calculations.
February 29th in Japanese
is accepted as a valid date regardless of the year. If desired, your application or servlet can perform the required calculations.

The return value sent is a string in the format yyyymmdd, with the VoiceXML browser returning a ? in any positions omitted in spoken input. If the value is subsequently spoken in <say-as> with the interpret-as value vxml:date, then it is spoken as a date appropriate to this language.
digits Users can say numeric integer values as individual digits (0 through 9). For example, a user could say 123456 as “1 2 3 4 5 6.”

Users can also provide DTMF input using the numbers 0 through 9, and must terminate DTMF entry using the # key.

The return value sent is a string of one or more digits. If the result is subsequently used in <say-as> with the interpret-as value vxml:digits, it will be spoken as a sequence of digits appropriate to the current language. In the above example, the TTS engine speaks 123456 as 1 2 3 4 5 6.

Note: Use this type instead of the number type if you require very high recognition accuracy for your numeric input.
number Users can say natural numbers (that is, positive and negative integers and decimals) from 0 to 999,999,999,999 as well as the words
point in Japanese
(to indicate a decimal point) and
negative in Japanese
(to indicate a negative number).

Users can also provide DTMF input using the numbers 0 through 9 and optionally the * key (to indicate a decimal point), and must terminate DTMF entry using the # key.

Note: Only positive numbers can be entered using DTMF.

The return value sent is a string of one or more digits, 0 through 9, with a decimal point and a + or - sign as applicable. If the field is subsequently spoken in <say-as> with the interpret-as value vxml:type, where type is the type number you want to specify, then it is spoken as that type number appropriate to this language. The TTS engine speaks 123456 as
123456 in Japanese
.

Use <say-as interpret-as="vxml:digit"> to have the number said as a string of digits.

phone Users can say a telephone number, in 10 or 11 digits, including the first digit “0”.

Users can also provide DTMF input using the numbers 0 through 9 and optionally the * key (to represent the “extension”), and must terminate DTMF entry using the # key.

The return value sent is a string of digits without hyphens. The return value sent includes an x if an extension was specified in DTMF input's case. If the field is subsequently spoken in <say-as> with the interpret-as value vxml:phone, then it is spoken as a phone number appropriate to this language.

Note: For tips on minimizing recognition errors that are due to user pauses during input, see Using the built-in phone grammar.
time Users can say a time of day using hours and minutes in either 12- or 24-hour format, as well as the word
now in Japanese
.

Users can also provide DTMF input using the numbers 0 through 9.

The return value sent is a string in the format hhmmx, where x is a for a.m., p for p.m., h for 24 hour format, or ? if unspecified or ambiguous; for DTMF input, the return value will always be h or ?, since there is no mechanism for specifying a.m. or p.m. If the field is subsequently spoken in <say-as> with the interpret-as value vxml:time, then it is spoken as a time appropriate to this language.
Parent topic: Japanese