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News Release from: Aculab | Subject: Text-to-speech software
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 05 March 2003
Development tools add text-to-speech and
fax
The latest version of the VBVoice rapid application development tool from Pronexus will integrate support for Aculab's text-to-speech software and highly acclaimed Group 3 fax capabilities.
The latest version of the VBVoice rapid application development tool from Pronexus will integrate support for Aculab's text-to-speech software and highly acclaimed Group 3 fax capabilities Together, these capabilities open new opportunities for telephony developers and expand the already comprehensive feature coverage of VBVoice 5.0 on the Aculab Prosody and IP telephony platforms
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 28 Feb 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Text-to-speech capabilities, in particular, are an increasingly popular feature of telephony applications.
They are being used where prerecording of prompts is not practical due to the changing nature of information or the sheer size of information to be read.
Many developers and end user organisations, however, have shied away from these capabilities due to generally high licensing costs of text-to-speech engines.
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Against this backdrop, the support of Aculab's proven text-to-speech engine in the award-winning VBVoice 5.0 opens the speech market for more developers and provides a compelling competitive differentiator for end user organisations.
"Text-to-speech brings immense flexibility to the presentation of dynamic information, and improvements in quality over the last couple of years make it an essential tool for voice application developers", commented Dan Hawkins, Lead Consultant at Datamonitor.
"Deals like this one make it even more compelling and widely available".
"The fully integrated support for Aculab's text-to-speech with a cost-free licence and expanded fax capabilities in VBVoice 5.0 removes the barrier to entry into promising markets for many end users, partners and developers", commented Gary T Hannah, President and CEO of Pronexus.
"If you are looking to enter the speech market or to expand into the fax business, this announcement lets you do so at a fraction of the previous costs without sacrificing features or quality".
Aculab's host based text-to-speech V3.0 is a fully scalable, fast and accurate speech synthesis system that supports multiple languages and voices on the Aculab Prosody DSP resource card.
Similarly, Group 3 fax capability is based on Prosody and does not require a dedicated fax card.
Together, they offer unmatched value to the developer and when combined with Aculab's complete range of speech functionality are the most cost effective offering in the market place today.
Chris Gravett, Aculab's Sales and Marketing Director said, "The result of this most recent integration of Prosody functionality with VBVoice 5.0 is an application tool that is even more attractive to developers of telephony and speech applications offering shorter timescales for solution development".
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