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The Speech Solution  
 
Infovox Desktop Software

> Infovox Desktop is the most recent addition to our multilingual text-to-speech products. This Windows based software is exceptionally easy to use, offering full control over reading volume, speed, pitch and voice dynamics. A graphical equaliser enables adjustments of the acoustical features of each voice, and you can easily build your own pronunciation lexica and create personalised voices. The included KeySpeaker application spells and reads text while you are typing in any Windows program. Infovox Desktop is compatible with many existing applications, so you can effortlessly plug-in a Desktop voice in your favourite software.

Technical Data  

> Infovox Desktop is a diphone based multilingual text-to-speech engine for pc.

> Speech Application reads any typed text and any text file, in the specified language. Text can be read sentence by sentence or spelled out character by character. There is full control over voice parameters such as reading speed, volume, pitch and voice dynamics.

> A Graphical Equalizer enables adjustment of the acoustical features of each voice. Microsoft SAPI control tags may be used for changing voice parameters within a text.

> User Lexica can be built and edited to change the pronounciation of any word. It's also possible to use phonetic transcriptions directly in the text to quickly modify the pronunciation of a word.

 

 

> KeySpeaker reads aloud during typing in any Windows application. The Text can be spelled, spoken word by word or sentence by sentence. KeySpeaker can also read whatever has been copied into the clipboard.

> Voice Manager allows the user to create and save new voices with specific voice or equaliser settings and user lexicon associations .

> License Manager makes it easy to activate new licenses and displays clearly for wich languages there are active licenses.

 

> Infovox Desktop is compliant with Microsoft Speech API 4.0 and offers unlimited application opportunities for software developers wishing to use synthetic speech as an information carrier and for those integrating synthetic speech into their products or services. The compliancy with SAPI 4.0 guarantees that lots of programs can directly and effortlessly be used with Infovox Desktop. The output format is 16 bit PCM  at 16 kHz.

   
> Available Languages
  • British and US English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, French, Dutch, Spanish, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic and Italian.
  • Will be available in 18 languages during Q1 2003
  • New Languages and voices are being added continuously 
> System Requirements
  • PC with at least Pentium processor
  • Windows9x, ME, Windows NT, 2000 or XP
  • 4 MB hard disk space for the engine.
  • 15 to 25 MB hard disk space for each voice.
  • 16-bit sound card compatible with Windows.