I have recently started playing with VXI* VoiceXML browser. Granted that it is a commercial product and we might not afford to buy a license, I thought I should give it a try. One of the reason is that it is designed specifically for use with Asterisk.

Installing it was the easy part but getting it to work was another story. For reasons unknown to me, using the start up scripts to start and stop the browser was a hassle. Specifically, starting the browser with the command /etc/init.d/openvxi stop didn’t work. After several exchanges with the tech support team at I6NET Solutions and Technologies we found a workaround or rather we resorted to starting the browser manually using: /usr/sbin/openvxi -channels 100 -config /etc/openvxi/client.cfg &

I am now happily playing with the browser although I wish the documentation could have included the option to start the browser manually. All is well for now 🙂