<s>
Speech	B-General_Concept
Application	I-General_Concept
Language	I-General_Concept
Tags	I-General_Concept
(	O
SALT	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
XML-based	O
markup	O
language	O
that	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
HTML	B-Language
and	O
XHTML	B-Language
pages	O
to	O
add	O
voice	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
capabilities	O
to	O
web-based	B-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Speech	B-General_Concept
Application	I-General_Concept
Language	I-General_Concept
Tags	I-General_Concept
enables	O
multimodal	O
and	O
telephony-enabled	O
access	O
to	O
information	O
,	O
applications	O
,	O
and	O
Web	O
services	O
from	O
PCs	O
,	O
telephones	O
,	O
tablet	O
PCs	O
,	O
and	O
wireless	O
personal	B-Application
digital	I-Application
assistants	I-Application
(	O
PDAs	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Speech	B-General_Concept
Application	I-General_Concept
Language	I-General_Concept
Tags	I-General_Concept
extend	O
existing	O
mark-up	O
languages	O
such	O
as	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
XHTML	B-Language
,	O
and	O
XML	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
SALT	O
was	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
competitor	O
to	O
VoiceXML	B-Application
and	O
was	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
SALT	O
Forum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
W3C	O
continued	O
developing	O
its	O
VoiceXML	B-Application
2.0	O
standard	O
,	O
which	O
reached	O
the	O
final	O
"	O
Recommendation	O
"	O
stage	O
in	O
March	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2006	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
realized	O
Speech	O
Server	O
had	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
W3C	O
VoiceXML	B-Application
standard	O
to	O
remain	O
competitive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
joined	O
the	O
VoiceXML	B-Application
Forum	O
as	O
a	O
Promoter	O
in	O
April	O
of	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Speech	O
Server	O
2007	O
supports	O
VoiceXML	B-Application
2.0	O
and	O
2.1	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
SALT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
purchased	O
Tellme	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
largest	O
VoiceXML	B-Application
service	O
providers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
that	O
point	O
nearly	O
every	O
other	O
SALT	O
Forum	O
company	O
had	O
committed	O
to	O
VoiceXML	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
press	O
release	O
posted	O
to	O
the	O
SALT	O
Forum	O
website	O
was	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
VoiceXML	B-Application
Forum	O
is	O
quite	O
active	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
SALT	O
[	O
Speech	O
Application	O
Language	O
Tags ]	O
is	O
a	O
direct	O
competitor	O
but	O
has	O
not	O
reached	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
maturity	O
of	O
VoiceXML	B-Application
in	O
the	O
standards	O
process	O
,	O
"	O
said	O
Bill	O
Meisel	O
,	O
principal	O
at	O
TMA	O
Associates	O
,	O
a	O
speech	O
technology	O
research	O
firm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Speech	I-Application
Server	I-Application
2004	O
product	O
supports	O
SALT	O
,	O
while	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Speech	I-Application
Server	I-Application
2007	O
supports	O
SALT	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
VoiceXML	B-Application
2.0	O
and	O
2.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
speech	O
add-in	O
for	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
that	O
interprets	O
SALT	O
tags	O
on	O
web	O
pages	O
,	O
available	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Device
Speech	I-Device
Application	I-Device
SDK	I-Device
.	O
</s>
