How to implement a VoiceXML Grammar Parser - voicexml

I am trying to build a Standalone VoiceXML parser which accepts the input as the example below
<grammar version="1.0" root="ROOT" mode="dtmf">
<rule id="ROOT">
<one-of>
<item> 1 </item>
<item> 2 </item>
<item> 3 </item>
<item> 4 </item>
<item> 5 </item>
</one-of>
</rule>
</grammar>
It is easy to write a specific parser for that specific grammar specification. However, I want to have a generic solution/algorithm which can parse/interpret all possible DTMF grammar cases.
I appreciate any help.
Thanks,
-Toan.

There is a very good open source which implements a VXML interpreter. It is JVoiceXML at http://jvoicexml.sourceforge.net/
It also includes a VXML grammar validation engine. I think this is what I am looking for.

Take a look at NuGram.

Open VXI is another open source solution that has been around for a long time. A lot of major telephony vendors have used this as the basis for their IVR platforms.

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