| Description |
TTSBuilder allows engineers to create their own Text To Speech Voice or Language using High Quality Open Festival Speech Synthesis Research. A complete step-by-step manual for such a creation is included in the retail version. The evaluation version has one such British Voice created using the mentioned step-by-step techniques. The TTSBuilder converts the heavy technical research oriented documentation into one simple practical guide, all you require to do is follow the steps. Not to mention all required libraries for Windows are included. This is an Research Lab attempt to bring speech synthesis to basic developers. Retail Version Includes:
Step - By - Step Manual for Text To Speech Voice Creation,Required Windows Libraries for deployment of the TTS Engine. Festival Speech Synthesis Research allows one to create production level Text To Speech Engines. Contact tim@research-lab.com for details |
| Supported languages: English, Arabic, ChineseSimplified, ChineseTraditional, Czech, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Other, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yiddish |
| Supported OS: Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT 3.x, WinNT 4.x, Windows2000, WinXP, Windows2003, Palm OS 6.0, Windows CE, Pocket PC, Windows Mobile 2003, Symbian, Handheld/Mobile Other |
| Installation: Install and Uninstall |
| Requirements: Sound Card |
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| Release info |
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09/02/2005
New Release
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Changes:
Added more Voices
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| Permissions |
| Software Addition in CD Distribution for Computing Publications is *Allowed*, in return, please mention Research Lab Activities with link to website www.research-lab.com |
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| End user license agreement |
LICENSE
TTSBuilder
BY RUNNING THIS TTSBUILDER SPEECH SYNTHESIS SOFTWARE, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO BE BOUND BY AND ARE BECOMING A PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, PLEASE DO NOT EXECUTE IT WITH ALSO RETURNING ALL THE MATERIALS YOU HAVE WITH YOU.
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TTSBuilder allows engineers to create their own Text To Speech Voice or Language using High Quality Open Festival Speech Synthesis Research. A complete step-by-step manual for such a creation is included in the retail version.
