<option>

Generates a grammar for a simple response to field options.

Syntax

Attributes

Attribute	Data Type	Required?	Default	Description
accept	{approximate \| exact}	no	exact	Determines how the option is activated. Valid values: approximate = Utterance must match a sub-phrase to activate this option. exact = Utterance must match the entire choice phrase to activate this option.
dtmf	CDATA	no	NA	DTMF sequence for this option.
value	CDATA	no	NA	String to assign to the field item variable when a user selects this option by speech or DTMF.

Details

If the dtmf attribute is unspecified, the option cannot be matched using DTMF.

If the value attribute is unspecified, the VoiceXML Interpreter assigns default data to the option as follows:

Uses the CDATA content of the <option> element with leading and trailing white space removed.
If CDATA content does not exist, then the VoiceXML Interpreter uses the DTMF sequence.
If neither the CDATA content nor a DTMF sequence is specified, then the default assignment is undefined and the field's form item variable is not filled.

Parents

<field>

Children

None.

Example

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<vxml version="2.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/vxml">
    <meta name="author" content=""/>
    <meta name="maintainer" content=""/>
    <form id="options">
        <catch event="nomatch noinput">
            <prompt> Please select an option. </prompt>
            <reprompt/>
        </catch>
        <field name="myOption">
            <prompt>
                Please select from the following list: <enumerate/>
            </prompt>
            <option value="inquiry"> billing inquiry </option>
            <option value="statement"> last statement </option>
            <option value="balance"> current balance </option>
            <option value="support"> customer support </option>
            <filled>
                <prompt>You chose <value expr="myOption"/> </prompt>
            </filled>
        </field>
    </form>
</vxml>