Voxeo Developers Corner

When I wrote last week about how you could call a Tropo.com app directly from Skype, it naturally begged the question – can you also call a VoiceXML, CCXML, or CallXML app via Skype?

The answer is… of course!

We have had this feature in our platform for years, as I discussed in a post back in March 2008 called “Skype-ifying your voice applications“. Skype numbers (and SIP addresses and iNum numbers) are automagically assigned to your application when your create it. Once you login to our Evolution developer portal, simply click on “Application Manager” and then the name of one of your applications.

You’ll then see the “Applications Settings” information and by simply clicking on the “Contact Methods” tab you will see all the contact numbers available to you:

You also have the ability to add more numbers if you want additional direct numbers (DIDs) associated with your app.

As I mentioned in the Tropo blog post, you can copy/paste that Skype number into Skype and call away… with or without the space in the number. You can try it out by calling:

+990009369991439407

Now, that is just a “Hello, world” type of app that is not nearly as exciting as the Yahoo!Weather app referenced in the Tropo blog post, but you get the idea.

That’s it! Create an app… call it from Skype. Nice and simple.

If you’d like to try it out, you can just head over to Evolution and sign up for free developer account if you don’t already have one. (And yes, we give you free direct DIDs, free Skype access, free SIP access, etc., etc.)

Related posts:

1. Make your existing VoiceXML (and CCXML and CallXML) apps multi-channel: add SMS and IM today…
2. Step-by-step: The process of creating a new CallXML, VoiceXML, or CCXML application in Voxeo’s Evolution developer portal and assigning a phone number
3. Learning CallXML, Part 1: A very simple ‘Hello, world’ voice app
4. Leveraging a CCXML Wrapper for Post-call Cleanup
5. VoiceXML for Web developers: Introduction

Tags: Apps, CallXML, CCXML, Skype, VoiceXML

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