• Core Speech Technologies

Overview

VoiceText™ is the leading software solution for generating extremely natural-sounding voices from text input.

VoiceText is available in configurations for a wide range of embedded devices, desktop and network/server applications, making it the most flexible high quality TTS solution on the market today.

VoiceText is available in US English, Korean, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese.

Features

Natural Sound and Clear Pronunciation
VoiceText provides very natural and highly intelligible output.

Variable Footprints
With variable footprints ranging from 16 to over 500 megabytes, VoiceText is configurable for use in a wide range of embedded, desktop, and network/server applications. No other single TTS solution offers this degree of flexibility.

Multiple Languages, Multiple Voices
VoiceText is available US English, Korean, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese. A collection of eleven native voices is available across these languages.

Large Extensible Dictionary
Hundreds of thousands of pronunciations are included in the default dictionary of each of the supported languages. VoiceText supports customization of the dictionary so that developers can adjust pronunciations of symbols, abbreviations, and new terms.

Expressive Control
Pitch, speed, volume, and pauses can be customized, both dynamically and by default.

Pre-Processing of Input Text
VoiceText automatically handles special input such as dates, times, abbreviations found in addresses, and sentences with mixed languages. New cases can be added using customizable rules.

System Design
VoiceText synthesizes speech sub-real time, and supports multi-thread and multi-channel architectures. An optional load balancer is available for the network/server configuration.

Flexible Data Output Formats
VoiceText supports various formats including 8kHz/16kHz sampling rates, linear 8-bit/16-bit PCM, 8-bit mu-law/a-law, ADPCM, Windows .wav, and others.

Support of APIs
VoiceText supports SAPI 5, C/C++, COM, and Java-based Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).

Services

From monitoring services to custom voice creation, VoiceText offers a range of product support services to meet your exact needs and specifications. NeoSpeech is committed to working more closely with developers to deliver the products, pricing and support that will ensure our customers' success in the marketplace.

Secure Internet Support
The VoiceText network/server configuration can be monitored and managed from a distance via a secure Internet connection.

New Voice Creation
VoiceText can adapt specifically for new voices. Ask us about custom voice creation!

Application Tuning
Does your application have a lot of cryptic input or hard-to-pronounce vocabulary? Ask us about our cost-effective tuning services!

Benefits

Unparalleled Flexibility
VoiceText is highly flexible and can be easily configured to support a variety of embedded, desktop and network/server applications. Regardless of the application, VoiceText provides an instant, seamless way to present dynamic content or update evolving information on the fly.

Applications
From PDAs to network servers, VoiceText accurately delivers the news and information your customers, employees and vendors need to know. Our clear, natural-sounding voices can process any size or type of text, from simple driving directions to complete news stories to personal e-mail, delivering incomparable accuracy and quality.

Second Language Instruction
VoiceText is of such high quality that it can easily be used in English as a Second Language (ESL) or other second language learning applications. It allows users to learn any material, gathered from any electronic source, any time. VoiceText TTS technology is currently in use in ESL applications in three languages.

Multimedia Games and Avatars
VoiceText allows avatars in multimedia applications to say anything. Characters can interact with the player in real-time.

Messaging and Information Delivery
Whether it's personal account information for a valued customer, or rapidly changing information that requires constant updating, VoiceText's seamless technology provides the clear, concise processing to effectively communicate and showcase your information.

System Requirements