AlphaCheck – The speech industry’s only independent VUI assessment program. If you are unsure of your VUI’s performance, VA offers a full range of assessment products. Tuning engagements begin with Voice Architects’ interface assessment program AlphaCheck. Front-ending a remediation program with assessment has several benefits:

• A clear go/no go decision can be made to engage in a tuning project Hotspots are clearly identified

• Baseline performance can be established, against which tuning improvements can be judged.

• Tuning activities can be prioritized, weighing anticipated improvement and expense

QuickCheck is a condensed version of AlphaCheck that is used to validate post-tuning enhancements, and provide performance monitoring in VA’s Managed VUI program.

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Who Uses AlphaCheck?

Enterprises

• Drill down on customer complaints
• Prioritize tuning
• Measure tuning results
• Best Practices benchmarking
• Implement service level agreements
• Acceptance testing

Hosting Companies

• Focus tuning efforts
• Compare application component performance
• Independent assessment of clients
• Cost justify tuning to clients

Integrators

• Improve app performance during pilots
• Outsource monitoring and VUI performance