Acapela Multimedia

Acapela Multimedia TTS

Custom Installer Guidelines:Windows Platforms

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Table of contents

1. Purpose of document	3
2. Directory Structure	4
2.1. Acapela Multimedia default directory structure	4
2.2. Acapela Multimedia and your application	5
3. AcaTTS Engine	6
3.1. Files	6
3.1.1. AcaTTS	6
3.1.2. Synthesizers	7
3.1.3. Sapi 4 module	7
3.1.4. Sapi 5 module	7
3.1.5. NSCAPI	7
3.1.6. Acapela Active Speech Control	7
3.1.7. Application Tools (Voice Manager, Lexicon Editor)	7
3.2. Registry	8
3.2.1. Registry key root	8
3.2.2. AcaTTS	8
3.2.3. Synthesizers	8
3.2.4. Sapi 4 module	8
3.2.5. Sapi 5 module	9
3.2.6. Application Tools (Voice Manager, Lexicon Editor)	9
3.2.7. Acapela Active Speech Control	9
4. Natural Language Processing Engines (NLP’s)	10
4.1. Files	10
4.1.1. List of files	10
4.1.2. Particular case of Infovox NLP’s	11
4.2. Registry	11
4.2.1. Registry structure	11
4.2.2. Particular case of Infovox NLP’s	12
5. Voice Databases	13
5.1. Files	13
5.1.1. High Density (HD) Voices	13
5.1.2. High Quality (HQ) and High Quality Medium size (HQM) voices	13
5.2. Registry	13

NSCAPI for Acapela Multimedia: Reference manual

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Table of contents

1. Introduction	6
1.1. Differences between operating systems	6
2. Overview	7
2.1. NSCAPI package contents	7
2.1.1. NSCAPI Documentation	7
2.1.2. C language header file	7
2.1.3. NSCAPI library	7
2.1.4. NSCAPI sample source code	8
2.2. Programming overview	8
2.2.1. Single-threaded / single channel	8
2.2.2. Multi-channel / multi-threaded	9
2.2.3. Multi-channel / single-threaded	9
2.2.4. Common multi-thread notes	10
2.3. Protection overview	11
2.4. Mac OS X: using your NSCAPI application with Acapela Multimedia 6	12
2.4.1. Introduction	12
2.4.2. Moving to Acapela Multimedia 6	12
3. API Reference	14
3.1. nscCreateServerContext	14
3.2. nscReleaseServerContext	15
3.3. nscServerShutdown	15
3.4. nscGetServerType	16
3.5. nscGetServerInfo	17
3.6. nscFindFirstVoice	17
3.7. nscFindNextVoice	19
3.8. nscCloseFindVoice	19
3.9. nscCreateDispatcher	20
3.10. nscDeleteDispatcher	21
3.11. nscInitChannel	21
3.12. nscCloseChannel	23
3.13. nscLockChannel	24
3.14. nscUnlockChannel	25
3.15. nscNbVoice	25
3.16. nscInfoVoice	26
3.17. nscSwitchVoice	27
3.18. nscSwitchVoiceEx	28
3.19. nscAddText	29
3.20. nscAddTextW	30
3.21. nscAddTextEx	31
3.22. nscExecChannel	33
3.23. nscStartChannel	34
3.24. nscGetEvent	35
3.25. nscProcessEvent	36
3.26. nscGetandProcess	37
3.27. nscExitChannel	37
3.28. nscPauseChannel	38
3.29. nscGetParamChannel	39
3.30. nscSetParamChannel	40
3.31. nscGetParamChannelEx	41
3.32. nscSetParamChannelEx	42
3.33. nscSetOemKEY	43
4. Sound and notification management	45
4.1. PNSC_FNSPEECH_DATA	45
4.1.1. Overview	45
4.1.2. Implementation	46
4.2. PNSC_FNSPEECH_EVENT	47
4.2.1. Overview	47
4.2.2. Implementation	47
5. Data structures and constants	49
5.1. NSC_FINDVOICE_DATA	49
NSC_SRVINFO_DATA	51
5.2. NSC_EVENT_DATA	52
5.3. NSC_SOUND_DATA	53
5.4. NSC_EXEC_DATA	53
5.5. NSC_EVENT_DATA_TextStarted	55
5.6. NSC_EVENT_DATA_TextDone	56
5.7. NSC_EVENT_DATA_WordSynch	56
5.8. NSC_EVENT_DATA_AcaPhoSynch	57
5.9. NSC_EVENT_DATA_Bookmark	58
5.10. NSC_EVENT_DATA_MouthPos	59
6. Error codes	60
6.1. Errors	60
6.2. Warnings	61
7. Language identifiers	62
8. Configuration file	63
9. Known limitations	64

Acapela Multimedia TTS: Supported Sapi4 Interfaces

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Table of contents

1. Purpose of document	3
2. List of supported interfaces	4
2.1. ITTSAttributes Interface	4
2.2. ITTSCentral Interface	4
2.3. ITTSNotifySink Interface	5
2.4. ITTSBufNotifySink Interface	5
2.5. ITTSDialogs Interface	5
2.6. Text to speech control tag	6

Acapela Multimedia 6.0: Supported XML SAPI 5 tags

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Table of contents

1. Purpose of the document	3
2. List of XML supported tags	4
2.1. Volume	4
2.2. Rate	4
2.3. Speed	5
2.4. Pitch (HD ONLY)	5
2.5. Spell	6
2.6. Silence	6
2.7. Bookmark	6
2.8. Voice (Handled by Microsoft Layer)	6
2.9. Lang (Handled by Microsoft Layer)	7

Acapela TTS Multimedia 6: Software Development Kit: Developer Guide

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Table of contents

1. Introduction	5
1.1. Overview	5
1.2. Acapela’s Text-To-Speech product range	5
1.3. HD and HQ voices	5
1.4. Differences between operating systems	5
1.5. Package content	6
2. Getting Started	8
2.1. Directory Structure	8
2.1.1. Microsoft Windows	8
2.1.2. Apple Mac OS X	8
2.2. Integrating the TTS in applications	9
2.2.1. Proprietary API	9
2.2.2. NSCAPI	10
2.2.3. SAPI 4.0a	10
2.2.4. SAPI 5.1	10
2.2.5. ActiveX	10
2.2.6. .NET Applications	10
2.2.7. Apple Speech Synthesis Manager	10
3. Creating your first Application with the BabTts API	11
3.1. Dynamic loading of the library	11
3.2. Initializing the library	11
3.3. Enumerating the installed voices	11
3.4. Opening a voice	11
3.5. Adapting parameters	11
3.6. Speaking the text	11
3.7. Closing the voice	12
3.8. Closing and unloading the Library	12
4. Using the Callbacks Mechanism	13
4.1. Purpose	13
4.2. Using callbacks	13
4.3. Messages	14
5. Changing Settings	15
5.1. Using the Property Box	15
5.2. Using BabTTS_SetSettings/BabTTS_GetSettings	16
5.2.1. Callback Instance Value	16
5.2.2. Callback Message Mask	16
5.2.3. Coding Scheme	16
5.2.4. Equalizer	17
5.2.5. Leading Silence	17
5.2.6. Pauses	17
5.2.7. Pitch (HD voices ONLY)	19
5.2.8. Pitch – Maximum (HD voices ONLY)	19
5.2.9. Pitch – Minimum (HD voices ONLY)	19
5.2.10. Reading Mode	20
5.2.11. Sampling Rate	20
5.2.12. Speed Rate	20
5.2.13. Volume	21
6. Reference Guide	22
6.1. Function list by topic	22
6.2. Functions	23
6.2.1. BabTTS_Close	24
6.2.2. BabTTS_Create	25
6.2.3. BabTTS_Dialog	26
6.2.4. BabTTS_DictAddWord	27
6.2.5. BabTTS_DictDisable	32
6.2.6. BabTTS_DictEnable	33
6.2.7. BabTTS_DictEnum	36
6.2.8. BabTTS_DictGetDefList	39
6.2.9. BabTTS_DictGetEntry	40
6.2.10. BabTTS_DictGetInfo	43
6.2.11. BabTTS_DictGetInfoFromFile	45
6.2.12. BabTTS_DictGetMax	48
6.2.13. BabTTS_DictGetNumEntries	49
6.2.14. BabTTS_DictGetNumLoaded	50
6.2.15. BabTTS_DictGetWordTrans	51
6.2.16. BabTTS_DictIsModified	53
6.2.17. BabTTS_DictLoad	54
6.2.18. BabTTS_DictRemoveWord	57
6.2.19. BabTTS_DictSave	59
6.2.20. BabTTS_DictSaveAll	61
6.2.21. BabTTS_DictSetDefList	62
6.2.22. BabTTS_DictSetInfo	63
6.2.23. BabTTS_DictSetPassword	66
6.2.24. BabTTS_DictUnload	71
6.2.25. BabTTS_DictUnloadAll	72
6.2.26. BabTTS_EnumVoices	73
6.2.27. BabTTS_GetCallback	74
6.2.28. BabTTS_GetFilterPreset	75
6.2.29. BabTTS_GetInstanceInfo	76
6.2.30. BabTTS_GetNumVoices	78
6.2.31. BabTTS_GetSettings	79
6.2.32. BabTTS_GetVoiceInfo	80
6.2.33. BabTTS_Init	82
6.2.34. BabTtsInitDll	83
6.2.35. BabTtsInitDllEx	84
6.2.36. BabTTS_InsertText	85
6.2.37. BabTTS_Open	87
6.2.38. BabTTS_Pause	89
6.2.39. BabTTS_PhoGetDuration	90
6.2.40. BabTTS_PhoGetMouth	91
6.2.41. BabTTS_ReadBuffer	92
6.2.42. BabTTS_Reset	94
6.2.43. BabTTS_Resume	95
6.2.44. BabTTS_SetCallback	96
6.2.45. BabTTS_SetFilterPreset	98
6.2.46. BabTTS_SetSettings	99
6.2.47. BabTTS_Speak	100
6.2.48. BabTTS_Uninit	103
6.2.49. BabTtsUninitDll	104
6.2.50. BabTTS_Write	105
6.3. Structure definitions	109
6.3.1. BABTTSDICTINFO	109
6.3.2. BABTTSINFO	109
6.3.3. BABTTSMOUTH	111
6.3.4. BABTTSUNITINFO	112

Acapela Multimedia 6: User guide

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Table of contents

1. Introduction	7
1.1. Acapela’s Text-To-Speech product range	7
1.2. The technologies	7
1.2.1. The Text Processor	7
1.2.2. Speech Synthesizers	8
1.3. HD and HQ/HQM voices	9
1.4. About Manuals	9
1.4.1. Differences between operating systems	9
1.4.2. Documentation	9
1.5. Package content	10
2. Installation of the Software	12
2.1. Hardware and Software Requirements	12
2.1.1. Hardware Requirements	12
2.1.1.1 IBM PC-Compatible Platforms	12
2.1.1.2 Apple Macintosh Platforms	12
2.1.2. Operating Systems Supported	13
2.1.3. Programming Languages Supported	13
2.2. Installing the software	14
2.2.1. Windows based systems	15
2.2.2. Linux based systems	18
2.2.3. Mac OS X based systems	19
3. Testing the TTS engine	22
3.1. Testing the TTS engine in Microsoft Windows	22
3.1.1. Playing a text	22
3.1.2. Opening text files	23
3.1.3. Using the virtual keyboard	23
3.1.4. Adapting Parameters	24
3.1.4.1 Pitch	24
3.1.4.2 Speed	24
3.1.4.3 Frequency	24
3.2. Testing the TTS engine in Apple Mac OS X	25
3.2.1. Testing with AcaCocoaDemo	25
3.2.2. Testing the Speech Synthesis Manager installation	26
4. Text Tags	27
4.1. Exceptions	27
4.2. Text Tags Syntax	27
4.3. BabTTS supported tags	28
5. Acapela Multimedia TTS License	31
5.1. The License Identity	31
5.1.1. Site Authorization	31
5.1.2. Dongle Authorization	31
5.1.3. Bundling	31
5.2. The License File	32
5.3. The License Manager	33
5.3.1. Microsoft Windows	33
5.3.1.1 Getting a free 30 days trial license	33
5.3.1.2 Getting a developer license (computer locked)	33
5.3.1.3 Other operations	34
5.3.2. Linux Systems	36
5.3.2.1 Getting a commercial license	36
5.3.2.2 Starting the server	36
5.3.2.3 Configuring the client	36
5.3.3. Apple Mac OS X	37
5.3.3.1 Getting a free 30 days trial license	37
5.3.3.2 Getting a developer license (computer locked)	37
5.3.3.3 Developer license troubleshooting	37
6. User lexicons	39
6.1. Definition	39
6.2. Features of lexicons	40
6.3. Using the user lexicon editor	41
6.3.1. Location	41
6.3.2. File Management	42
6.3.3. Editing Entries	42
6.3.4. Other functions	43
7. The Voice Manager (Microsoft Windows only)	44
7.1. Definition	44
7.2. The Voice Manager	44
7.2.1. Introduction	44
7.2.2. The selection tree	44
7.2.3. The parameters tabs	45
7.2.3.1 Info tab	45
7.2.3.2 General tab	45
7.2.3.3 Reading mode tab	46
7.2.3.4 Pauses tab	46
7.2.3.5 Equalizer tab	47
7.2.3.6 Other controls	48

Language Manual: British English (Roger and Kate)

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Table of contents

1 General	6
1.1 Notational conventions	6
2 Letters in orthographic text	7
2.1 Characters treated as letters in other languages	7
3 Non-alphanumeric characters	8
3.1 Punctuation characters	8
3.1.1 Comma, colon and semicolon	8
3.1.2 Quotation marks	8
3.1.3 Full stop	8
3.1.4 Question mark	9
3.1.5 Exclamation mark	9
3.1.6 Parentheses, brackets and braces	9
3.2 Control characters	9
3.3 Characters whose pronunciation varies	9
3.3.1 Hyphen	9
3.3.2 Asterisk	10
3.3.3 Dollar sign	10
3.3.4 Multiple occurrences of the same character	10
3.4 Other non-alphanumeric characters	11
3.5 Characters ignored by the system	11
4 Number processing	12
4.1 Full number pronunciation	12
4.2 Exceptions to full number pronunciation	13
4.3 Leading zero	13
4.4 Decimal numbers	13
4.5 Currency amounts	13
4.6 Ordinal numbers	14
4.7 Arithmetic operators	14
4.8 Mixed digits and letters	14
4.9 Time of day	14
5 British English Phonetic Text	16
5.1 Consonants	17
5.2 Comments on phonetic symbols for consonants	17
5.2.1 Glottal stop	17
5.3 Vowels	18
5.4 Comments on phonetic symbols for vowels	18
5.4.1 Pronunciation of the letter R	18
5.5 Extra symbols for phonetic details	19
5.5.1 Aspiration	19
5.5.2 Lexical stress	19
5.5.3 Emphasis and reduction	19
5.5.4 Foreign sounds	20
5.5.5 Hyphen	20
5.5.6 Punctuation marks	20
6 The RULSYS phonetic alphabet	21
6.1 RULSYS Consonants	22
6.2 Comments on phonetic symbols for consonants	22
6.2.1 Glottal stop	22
6.2.2 Syllabic consonants	23
6.3 RULSYS Vowels	24
6.4 Extra symbols for phonetic details	24
6.4.1 Aspiration	24
6.4.2 Lexical stress	25
6.4.3 Emphasis and reduction	25
6.4.4 Stressed vowels	25
6.4.5 Foreign sounds	26
6.4.6 Hyphen	26
7 How to change pronunciation errors	27
7.1 Change the orthography	27
7.1.1 Spelling incorrectly	275
7.1.2 Use of hyphen	27
7.1.3 Expanding acronyms	27
7.2 Using phonetic text	27
7.2.1 Choosing the right phonetic symbols	27
8 Abbreviations	29

Language Manual: British English (Peter, Graham, and Lucy)

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Table of contents

1 General	4
2 Letters in orthographic text	5
3 Punctuation characters	6
3.1 Comma, colon and semicolon	6
3.2 Quotation marks	6
3.3 Full stop	6
3.4 Question mark	6
3.5 Exclamation mark	6
3.6 Parentheses	6
4 Other non+alphanumeric characters	7
4.1 Non+punctuation characters	7
4.2 The ² and ³ signs	7
4.3 Symbols whose pronunciation varies depending on the context	8
4.3.1 Hyphen	8
4.3.2 Asterisk	8
5 Number processing	9
5.1 Full number pronunciation	9
5.2 Leading zero	10
5.3 Decimal numbers	10
5.4 Monetary amounts	10
5.5 Ordinal numbers	11
5.6 Arithmetic operators	11
5.7 Mixed digits and letters	11
5.8 Time of day	12
5.9 Year	12
5.10 Dates	12
5.11 Phone numbers	14
5.11.1 Ordinary phone numbers	14
5.11.2 International phone numbers	14
7 British English Phonetic Text	16
7.1 Consonants	16
7.1.1Symbols for the British English consonants	16
7.2 Vowels	17
7.2.1 Symbols for the British English vowels	17
7.3 Lexical accent	17
7.5 Glottal stops	18
7.6 Pause	18
8 Abbreviations	19
9 Web+addresses and email	21

Language Manual: American English (John and Jane Heather, Laura and Ryan, Nelly and Kenny)

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Table of contents

1 General	4
2 Letters in orthographic text	5
3 Punctuation characters	6
3.1 Comma, colon and semicolon	6
3.2 Quotation marks	6
3.3 Full stop	6
3.4 Question mark	6
3.5 Exclamation mark	6
3.6 Parentheses, brackets and braces	6
4 Other non-alphanumeric characters	7
4.1 Non-punctuation characters	7
4.2 The ² and ³ signs	7
4.3 Symbols whose pronunciation varies depending on the context	8
4.3.1 Hyphen	8
4.3.2 Asterisk	8
5 Number processing	9
5.1 Full number pronunciation	9
5.2 Leading zero	10
5.3 Decimal numbers	10
5.4 Monetary amounts	10
5.5 Ordinal numbers	11
5.6 Arithmetic operators	11
5.7 Mixed digits and letters	11
5.8 Time of day	12
5.9 Years	12
5.10 Dates	13
5.11 Phone numbers	14
5.11.1 Ordinary phone numbers	14
5.11.2 International phone numbers	14
6 How to change pronunciation errors	15
7 American English Phonetic Text	16
7.1 Consonants	16
7.1.1 Symbols for the American English consonants	16
7.2 Vowels	17
7.2.1 Symbols for the American English vowels	17
7.3 Lexical stress	17
7.4 Glottal stops	17
7.5 Pause	17
8 Abbreviations	18

Acapela Active Speech Control: Reference manual

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Table of contents

1. Introduction	5
2. Overview	6
2.1. Package contents	6
2.1.1. ActiveX component	6
2.1.2. Documentation	6
2.1.3. C/C++ language header file	6
2.1.4. C/C++ Sample application	6
2.1.5. VB6 Sample application	6
2.2. Installation	6
2.3. Programming overview	8
3. API Reference	10
3.1. IAASpeechCtrl interface	10
3.1.1. Methods	10
3.1.1.1 ConnectEngine	10
3.1.1.2 DisconnectEngine	11
3.1.1.3 Enumerate	11
3.1.1.4 Load	12
3.1.1.5 Unload	13
3.1.1.6 Speak	14
3.1.1.7 Stop	15
3.1.1.8 Pause	16
3.1.1.9 Resume	16
3.1.1.10 EventMask	17
3.1.1.11 GetVarAudioData,GetAudioData	18
3.1.1.12 ServerShutdown	19
3.1.2. Properties	20
3.1.2.1 Voice(n)	20
3.1.2.2 CurrentVoice	20
3.1.2.3 VoiceCount	21
3.1.2.4 Output	21
3.1.2.5 Filename	22
3.1.2.6 Volume	23
3.1.2.7 Pitch	23
3.1.2.8 Speed	23
3.1.2.9 OEMKey	23
3.1.2.10 Status	24
3.1.2.11 LastError	24
3.1.3. Events	25
3.1.3.1 AudioOpen	25
3.1.3.2 AudioClose	25
3.1.3.3 TextStart	26
3.1.3.4 TextStop	26
3.1.3.5 WordPosition	26
3.1.3.6 AcaPhoneme	27
3.1.3.7 MouthPosition	28
3.1.3.8 AudioData	29
3.1.3.9 LastError	30
3.2. IAAVoiceCtrl interface	30
3.2.1. Properties	30
3.2.1.1 Cmd	30
3.2.1.2 Gender	31
3.2.1.3 Language	31
3.2.1.4 Speaker	31
3.2.1.5 Index	31
3.2.1.6 Frequency	32
4. Appendix A	33
4.1. Language identifiers	33
4.2. Constants	34

How to bundle your application with Acapela TTS Multimedia: Developer’s guide

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Table of contents

1. Introduction	3
1.1. Package	3
2. Bundling using the BabTTS API (for C++ applications)	5
3. Bundling with SAPI4 and SAPI5 modules (with C++ applications)	7
4. Bundling with .NET Applications	8
5. NSCAPI	9
6. Active-X	10

Language Manual: Russian (Alyona)

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Table of contents

1 General	4
2 Letters in orthographic text	5
3 Punctuation characters	6
3.1 Comma, colon, semicolon and em dash	6
3.2 Quotation marks	6
3.3 Full stop	6
3.4 Question mark	6
3.5 Exclamation mark	6
3.6 Parentheses	6
4 Other non-alphanumeric characters	7
4.1 Non-punctuation characters	7
4.2 Symbols with the pronunciation variable depending on the context	8
4.2.1 Hyphen	8
4.2.2 Asterisk	8
4.2.2 Percent	8
4.2.2 Degree	8
4.2.2 Currency sign $	8
5.1 Introduction	9
5.1 Full number pronunciation	9
5.2 Leading zero	10
5.3 Decimal numbers	10
5.4 Monetary amounts	10
5.5 Abbreviations of metric units	11
5.6 Ordinal numbers	11
5.7 Arithmetic operators	12
5.8 Mixed digits and letters	12
5.9 Time of day	13
5.10 Dates	13
5.11 Phone numbers	15
5.11.1 Ordinary phone numbers	15
5.11.2 International phone numbers	16
7 Russian Phonetic Text	18
7.1 Consonants	18
7.1.1 Symbols for the Russian consonants	18
7.2 Vowels	19
7.2.1 Symbols for the Russian vowels	19
7.3 Lexical accent	20
7.5 Glottal stops	20
7.6 Pause	20
8 Non-cyrillic input	21
9 Abbreviations	21
9 Web-addresses and email	23

Infovox Desktop Help (version 2.210)

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Table of contents

1. Infovox Desktop License
Overview
License Glossary
The License Manager
The License Manager Application
Activating the 30 Days Free Trial
Getting a License File
Importing a License from a Previous Infovox Version
Upgrading a License to Infovox Desktop Pro
Frequently Asked Questions
2. KeySpeaker
Getting Started
What is Infovox KeySpeaker?
Start
Exit
KeySpeaker Menu
About KeySpeaker Menu
Pause Resume
Stop Speech
Clear Text Buffer
Read Clipboard
Repeat
Properties
Enabled
Help
Exit
Property Dialog
About Property Dialog
Frequently Asked Questions
Advanced Settings
3. SpeechPad
The SpeechPad
Starting the SpeechPad
The File menu
The Edit menu
The Settings menu
The Speak Menu
Selecting a voice
Using Tags
Troubleshooter
Error message at startup
No sound from the loudspeakers
4. Voice Manager
Starting the Voice Manager
The Main Window
Tutorials
Creating a Voice
Deleting a voice
Editing a voice
5. Voice Properties
Starting the Voice Property dialog
The User Interface
Property Tabs
Info Tab
General Tab
Pauses Tab
Reading Tab
Equalizer Tab
6. Lexicon Manager
Starting the Lexicon Manager
The User Interface
The Lexicon Editor Tab
Word, Suggestion and Pronunciation
Entering the pronunciation
SAMPA Phonetic Alphabet
RULSYS Phonetic Alphabet
Part-of-Speech
The Lexicon View
Phonetic Table
The Lexicon Voice Association
The Lexicon Voice Association Tab
Adding and Removing Lexicons
The Priority List
Menus
The Command Menus
File Menu
View Menu
Lexicon Editor Menu
Lexicon Manager Menu
Voice Menu
Help Menu
7. Text Tags
Tags description
Pau=number
Prn="phonetic string"
Mrk=number
Spd=number
RSpd=number
Pit=number
RPit=number
Rst
RmS=number
RmW=number
Equ=Preset
Vce=charact=value

Infovox Desktop Help (version 3.0)

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1. Introduction to infovox3

2. Control Panel
The Options panel
The Configuration panel
The SAPI voice test panel
Permanent Local Installation, PLI
Backup
Update
Global buttons
Autostart sequence
Shutdown sequence
Miscellaneous
Keyboard shortcuts

3. KeySpeaker
Getting Started
KeySpeaker Menu
Property Dialog
Frequently Asked Questions
Advanced Settings

4. SpeechCreator
The SpeechCreator
The Menus
Selecting a voice
Creating speech files
Troubleshooter

5. Voice Manager
Starting the Voice Manager
The Main Window
Tutorials

6. Voice Properties
Starting the Voice Property dialog
The User Interface
Property Tabs

7. Pronunciation Editor
How to use the Pronunciation Editor
Fine-tuning the new pronunciation
Importing and exporting pronunciation lexicons
The Menus

8. Text Tags
Tags description

ELAN ActiveX / VCL speaker control Programmer manual

Цитата :: Table of contents
ELAN ActweX/VCL Speaker component - Programmer's manual
About this manual
Speech output destinations
AD_DIRECTX sample
ELAN ActweX/VCL Speaker component - Programmer's manual
AD_MCI sample
AD_WAVEFILE sample
AD_CALLBACK sample
AD_FORMATED Sample
AD_AGENT Sample
AD_ACM sample
Methods
Method AudioPause
Error #0027 - MS Agents can't be paused- resumed
Method audioresume
Method AudioReset
Error #0038 - Can't stop MS Agent
Event OnAudio : TAxAudioNotifyProc
Event OnSpeakStart: TAxSpeakStartProc
Event OnSpeakEnd : TAxSpeakEndProc
Property destination : Integer ReadWrite
Method Speak (ToSay : String) : Boolean
Method SpeakEx(Language, Gender: DWord; ToSay: string): boolean
Method SpeakAndWait (ToSay : String) : Boolean
Method TTSEnumAH
Property Autoload : Boolean ReadWrite
Error #0020 - No speaker selected
Error #0021 - Agent can't show up
Error #0022 - Memory short
Error #0023 - Synthesis Sapi4.0 error
Error #0024 - Access violation while sending text to synthesis
Error #0025 - Exception condition while sending text to synthesis
Event OnWordPositionChange : TAxWord Position Pro с
Event OnVisual : TAxVisualProc
Event OnBookmark: TAxBookmarkProc
Method SelectNearest (Language, Gender: Dword; MfgPrefered: string):Boolean
Property ModesInfo[Index: Integer]: TTSModelnfo Readonly
Error #0030 - Locale language synthesis can't be found
Property EnumeratorlD : WideString ReadWrite
Glossary of terms
Event OnStartTTsEnum: TStartTTsEnumProc
Event OnEndTTSEnum: TEndTTSEnumProc
Event OnLocutorFound : TLocutorFoundProc
Property EnumRestrictList: TStringList Readonly
Property EnumExcludeList: TStringList Readonly
Property Enumfiltered : Boolean ReadWrite
Method clear
Method SelectLocale: Boolean
Method TextPosition
Method TextEnd : int64
Method GetCurrentWord
Property PreferedMfg : String ReadWrite
Method SelectByModeName(ModeName: string): boolean
Event OnLocutorChange : TLocutorChangeProc
Error #0005 - Index out of bound
Property EnumAllItemlndex : Integer ReadWrite
Property Propname
Property ModeName : String Readonly
Property ModeNames[Index: Integer]: string Readonly
Error #0029 - Can't return word position
Error #0003 - Speaker not found
Method Load
Method Unload
Method BufferReady: Boolean
Method SetBufferSize(BSize: Dword): Boolean
Method ReadBuffer(MemPtr: DWord; var Size: Integer): DWord
Method ReadSizedBuffer(MemPtr: DWord; var Size: Integer): Dword
Method ReadVarSizedBuffer(const V: Variant; var BytesRead : DWord): DWord
Method ReadVarbuffer(const V: Variant; var BytesRead : DWord): DWord
Error #0004 - Unable to enumerate speakers
Error #0007 - Can't Select during a synthesis
Error #0008 - No valid audio destination selected
Error #0009 - Agent can't speak
Error #0010 - Audio Destination Object is obsolete
Error #0011 - Autoload speaker has failed
Error #0012 - Load attempt failed
Error #0013 - No Audio Destination Object available
Error #0014 - Can't find the name of an output file
Error #0015 - Synthesis can't speak
Error #0016 - Can't receive some events and notifications
Error #0017 - Can't receive bookmarks
Error #0018 - MS agent error
Error #0019 - General Audio Destination Object failure
Error #0037 - Can't unload the TTS
Error #
Method GetVoicesNames
Property Propname
Method GetModeIDasString: string
Property ModelD : GUID Readonly
Property FileName : String Read Write
Property NoRiff : boolean Read Write
Method LoadAgent
Property AgentList: TStringList Readonly
Property Agentlndex : Integer ReadWrite
Error #0031 - No MS Agents available
Error #0032 - No support for MS Agents
Property AgentCount: Integer Readonly
Property Agent: String ReadWrite
Property Agents[Index: Integer]: string Readonly
Error #0033 - Wrong call to Ms Agent
Error #0034 - MS Agent doesn't exists
Error #0035 - MS Agent can't load
Method UnloadAgent
Property AgentReady : boolean Readonly
Method SetOutputFormat(FormatTag, Freq, SampSize, Channels, BitRate: Dword): Dword
Method ShowEngineDetailDialog
Error #0002 - No speaker currently selected
Method VCLRegisterCallBack(p: Pointer; dwinstance: dword)
Event OnBuffer: TAxBufferProc
Property FireVariant: Boolean ReadWrite
Event OnVarBuffer: TVariantBufferProc
Method VerifyADO(bQuiet: Boolean): Boolean
Error #0036 - Audio Destination Object check failed
Properties
Property Age : Word Readonly
Property Propname
Property Defaults ample Rate : integer ReadWrite
Property Enabled : boolean ReadWrite
Property Engine Features: DWord Readonly
Property EnginelD : Guid Readonly
Property Features: Dword Readonly
Property Gender: word Readonly
Property Propname
Property Interfaces: DWord Readonly
Property Itemlndex : Integer Read Write
Property Text: String ReadWrite
Property Propname
Property LanguageName : String Readonly
Property LastError: String Readonly
Property Level: DWord ReadWrite
Property Pitch : Word ReadWrite
Property Speed : DWORD ReadWrite
Property Volume : DWORD ReadWrite
Error #0026 - Volume can't be set with MS Agents
Property MfgName : String Readonly
Property ProductName : String Readonly
Property Propname
Property Speaker: String Readonly
Property Speaking : Boolean Readonly
Property Propname
Property Visible : boolean ReadWrite
Property VoiceStyle : String Readonly
Events
Event OnError: TErrorProc
Event OnLoad : TLoadProc
Errors
Error £0000 - unknown cause
Error £0001 - No Callback function installed
Error £0006 - No speakers found
ESC PackagingFormat
ELAN SpeakerActiveX Control Installation procedure
ELAN SpeakerVCL control README file

Acapela Telecom UNIX Reference manual

Цитата :: Table of contents

1. Introduction..........6
1.1. About this document..........6

2. Installation...........7
2.1. Checklist............7
2.2. Prerequisites............7
2.3. Installation............7
2.3.1. Solaris installation.......................7
2.3.1.1 Step 1: Mount CD-ROM ....................7
2.3.1.2 Step 2: installation......................7
2.3.1.3 PKG package hints......................8
2.3.2. Linux installation........................8
2.3.2.1 Step 1: mount CD-ROM ....................8
2.3.2.2 Step 2: Install Acapela Telecom™ ..................8
2.3.2.3 RPM package hints......................9
2.3.3. Finalising the installation.....................9
2.3.3.1 Step 4: Configure hardware key ..................9
2.3.3.2 Step 5: Launch Acapela Telecom™ .................9
2.4. Configuration file...........9
2.4.1. The comdevice field......................10
2.4.2. The Data field........................10
2.4.3. The Log field........................10
2.5. Upgrading the software..........10
2.5.1. New release.........................10
2.5.2. Increasing the number of channels..................11

3. Product overview..........12
3.1. Architecture ...........13
3.2. Acapela Telecom™ license scheme........13
3.2.1. Number of simultaneously used channels................14
3.2.1.1 Default real time rate control..................14
3.2.1.2 Batch mode real time rate control.................15

4. Acapela Telecom™ user interface.......16
4.1. Description............16
4.2. Command line options..........17
4.2.1. Interactive commands......................17
4.2.2. Non interactive mode......................18

5. Developing an application........20
5.1. basic principles...........20
5.2. NSCAPI............20
5.2.1. API reference........................21
5.2.2. Note about binary dependencies ..................21

6. Troubleshooting..........22
6.1. Hardware key problems..........22
6.1.1. Selecting the serial port.....................22
6.1.2. Configuring the serial port....................22
6.1.3. Other problems........................22
6.2. Execution problems..........23
6.2.1. Common problems.......................23
6.3. Support and online resources........23

7. Appendix A: Package Contents.......25
7.1. Documentation files..........25
7.2. Text To Speech data files.........26
7.3. Information files ..........26
7.4. Program files ...........26
7.5. Library and headers files.........26
7.6. Sample source code files.........27

Figures and tables
Figure 1: sample configuration file....... 10
Figure 2: serial ports list........10
Figure 3: software architecture.......13
Figure 4: Sample monitoring window...... 16
Figure 5 : Line status description....... 17
Figure 6 : command line options.......17
Figure 7 : Acapela Telecom™ commands......18
Figure 8: reference documents........ 25

Acapela Polish TTS User manual

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1. Introduction ..................5

2. Rules to be applied ................6
2.1. Sentence ..................... 6
2.1.1. Number of characters...................... 6
2.1.2. Number of words ....................... 6
2.1.3. Syntax .......................... 6
2.2. Word....................... 6
2.3. Character ..................... 6
2.4. Dash ....................... 7
2.4.1. Between words ........................ 7
2.4.2. Between digits ........................ 7
2.4.3. Apostrophe .......................... 8
2.5. Punctuation..................... 8
2.5.1. List of punctuation marks recognized by the system and their prosodic effects .. 8
2.5.2. The comma.......................... 8
2.5.3. The full stop ........................ 9
2.5.4. The succession of full stops ................... 9
2.6. Acronyms and other abbreviations ............. 9
2.6.1. The acronyms........................ 9
2.6.2. The abbreviations....................... 11
2.6.3. List of acronyms and other abbreviations of the system .......... 12
2.6.4. List of acronyms, abbreviations and exceptions of the user........ 12
2.7. Numeration.................... 12
2.7.1. Number.......................... 12
2.7.2. Time ........................... 14
2.7.3. Duration .......................... 15
2.7.4. Date ........................... 15
2.7.5. Year ........................... 17
2.7.6. Roman numbers ....................... 18
2.7.7. Centuries (both date and Roman number).............. 19
2.7.8. Currency.......................... 19
2.7.9. Mathematical operations .................... 20
2.7.10. Roads .......................... 20
2.7.11. Telephone number ..................... 21
2.7.12. Internet.......................... 21
2.7.13. Combination of digits and other characters ............. 21
2.8. Tags ....................... 22
2.8.1. Phonetic writing tag (\phone) .................. 22
2.8.2. Prosodic writing tag (\proso) .................. 22
2.8.3. Pause tag (\pause)...................... 23
2.8.4. Audio file tag (\audio) ..................... 23
2.8.5. Pitch modification tag (\pitch, \abspitch)............... 23
2.8.5.1 Relative pitch : \pitch..................... 24
2.8.5.2 Absolute pitch : \abspitch ................... 24
2.8.6. Speed modification tag (\speed, \duration, \abspeed) .......... 24
2.8.6.1 Relative speed : \speed, \duration................ 24
2.8.6.2 Absolute speed....................... 24
2.8.7. Volume modification...................... 25
2.8.8. Default tag ........................ 25
2.8.9. Numeric form pronunciation tag : roman numbers (\R) .......... 25
2.8.10. Punctuations pronunciation tag (\P ) ............... 26
2.8.11. Dynamic abbreviations tag (\abrev)................ 26
2.8.11.1 Adding new abbreviation ................... 26
2.8.11.2 Resetting an added abbreviation ................ 27
2.8.11.3 Resetting all added exceptions.................. 27
2.8.11.4 Replacing abbreviation file .................. 27
2.8.12. Dynamic exceptions tag (\except) ................ 27
2.8.12.1 Adding new exception .................... 28
2.8.12.2 Resetting an added exception .................. 28
2.8.12.3 Resetting all added exceptions.................. 29
2.8.12.4 Replacing exception file ................... 29
2.8.13. Summary ........................ 30

3. User lexicons..................31
3.1. Exception lexicon .................. 31
3.1.1. Using the lexicon ....................... 31
3.1.2. Adding an entry ....................... 31
3.2. Abbreviation lexicon .................. 32
3.2.1. Using the lexicon ....................... 32
3.2.2. Adding an entry ....................... 33

4. Appendix A: List of acronyms and other abbreviations of the system 34
4.1. List of honorific titles ................ 34
4.2. List of current abbreviations............... 36
4.3. List of communication ways, geographic names etc. ...... 39
4.4. List of acronyms .................. 40
4.5. List of measurement units ............... 41
4.5.1. Units of the International System (I.S. Units) ............. 41
4.5.2. Other units (non I.S. Units) ................... 42

5. Appendix B: List of ASCII codes recognized by the system ..44
5.1. 7 bits ASCII characters................ 44
5.2. 8 bits ASCII characters................ 48

6. APPENDIX C: Phonetic writing ............55
6.1. Phonetic alphabet .................. 55
6.2. Word tags ..................... 55

Acapela Russian TTS User manual (Nikolai)

Цитата :: Table of contents

1. Introduction ..................4

2. Rules to be applied ................5
2.1. Sentence ..................... 5
2.1.1. Number of characters...................... 5
2.1.2. Number of words ....................... 5
2.2. Word....................... 5
2.3. Character ..................... 5
2.4. List of punctuation marks recognized by the system and their prosodic effects
5
2.5. Abbreviations and exceptions............... 6
2.5.1. List of acronyms, abbreviations and exceptions of the user........ 6
2.6. Tags ....................... 7
2.6.1. Prosodic writing tag (\proso) ................... 7
2.6.2. Pause tag (\pause)....................... 8
2.6.3. Audio file tag (\audio) ..................... 8
2.6.4. Pitch modification tag (\pitch, \abspitch)............... 8
2.6.4.1 Relative pitch : \pitch..................... 8
2.6.4.2 Absolute pitch : \abspitch ................... 9
2.6.5. Speed modification tag (\speed, \duration, \abspeed) .......... 9
2.6.5.1 Relative speed : \speed, \duration................ 9
2.6.5.2 Absolute speed........................ 9
2.6.6. Volume modification...................... 9
2.6.7. Character set identification tag (\alpha) ............... 10
2.6.8. Default tags........................ 10
2.6.9. Dynamic abbreviations tag (\abrev) ................ 10
2.6.9.1 Adding new abbreviation ................... 10
2.6.9.2 Resetting an added abbreviation ................ 11
2.6.9.3 Resetting all added exceptions.................. 11
2.6.9.4 Replacing abbreviation file ................... 11
2.6.10. Dynamic exceptions tag (\except) ................ 12
2.6.10.1 Adding new exception .................... 12
2.6.10.2 Resetting an added exception .................. 12
2.6.10.3 Resetting all added exceptions.................. 12
2.6.10.4 Replacing exception file ................... 13
2.6.11. Summary ........................ 13
2.7. Accents arrangement in a word ............. 14
2.8. Transliteration ................... 14
2.9. Spelling...................... 15

3. User lexicons..................16
3.1. Exception lexicon .................. 16
3.1.1. Using the lexicon ....................... 16
3.1.2. Adding an entry ....................... 16
3.2. Abbreviation lexicon .................. 17
3.2.1. Using the lexicon ....................... 17
3.2.2. Adding an entry ....................... 17

4. APPENDIX A : List of ASCII codes recognized by the system : CP1251
and CP866.....................19
4.1. 7 bits ASCII characters................ 19
4.2. 8 bits ASCII characters................ 23

5. APPENDIX B : Phonetic writing............28
5.1. Phonetic alphabet .................. 28

American English TTS User manual

Цитата :: Table of contents

1. Introduction ..................5

2. Rules to be applied ................6
2.1. Sentence ..................... 6
2.1.1. Number of characters...................... 6
2.1.2. Number of words ....................... 6
2.2. Word....................... 6
2.3. Character ..................... 6
2.4. Dash ....................... 6
2.4.1. Between words ........................ 7
2.4.2. Between digits ........................ 7
2.5. Punctuation..................... 7
2.5.1. List of punctuation marks recognized by the system and their prosodic effects .. 8
2.5.2. Automatic break ........................ 8
2.5.3. Full stop .......................... 8
2.6. Acronyms and abbreviations ............... 8
2.6.1. List of acronyms and abbreviations of the system............ 8
2.6.2. Abbreviation of a measurement unit ................ 8
2.6.3. List of acronyms, abbreviations and exceptions of the user........ 10
2.7. Numeration.................... 10
2.7.1. Numbers.......................... 10
2.7.2. Time ........................... 11
2.7.3. Duration .......................... 12
2.7.4. Date ........................... 12
2.7.5. Currency.......................... 13
2.7.6. Telephone numbers ...................... 13
2.7.7. Scientific expressions ..................... 13
2.7.8. Combination of digits and other characters .............. 14
2.8. List of ASCII Codes recognized by the system........ 14
2.9. Tags ....................... 14
2.9.1. Prosodic writing tag (\proso) .................. 14
2.9.2. Phonetic writing tag (\phone) .................. 15
2.9.3. Pause tag (\pause)...................... 15
2.9.4. Audio file tag (\audio) ..................... 16
2.9.5. Pitch modification tag (\pitch, \abspitch)............... 16
2.9.5.1 Relative pitch : \pitch..................... 16
2.9.5.2 Absolute pitch : \abspitch ................... 16
2.9.6. Speed modification tag (\speed, \duration, \abspeed) .......... 16
2.9.6.1 Relative speed : \speed, \duration................ 17
2.9.6.2 Absolute speed....................... 17
2.9.7. Volume modification...................... 17
2.9.8. Character set identification tag (\alpha) ............... 17
2.9.9. Default tag ........................ 17
2.9.10. Numeric form pronunciation tag : roman numbers (\R)........ 18
2.9.11. Punctuations pronunciation tag (\P ) ............... 18
2.9.12. Dynamic abbreviations tag (\abrev)................ 19
2.9.12.1 Adding new abbreviation ................... 19
2.9.12.2 Resetting an added abbreviation ................ 19
2.9.12.3 Resetting all added exceptions.................. 20
2.9.12.4 Replacing abbreviation file .................. 20
2.9.13. Dynamic exceptions tag (\except) ................ 20
2.9.13.1 Adding new exception .................... 20
2.9.13.2 Resetting an added exception .................. 21
2.9.13.3 Resetting all added exceptions.................. 21
2.9.13.4 Replacing exception file ................... 21
2.9.14. Summary ........................ 22

3. User lexicons..................24
3.1. Exception lexicon .................. 24
3.1.1. Using the lexicon ....................... 24
3.1.2. Adding an entry ....................... 24
3.2. Abbreviation lexicon .................. 25
3.2.1. Using the lexicon ....................... 25
3.2.2. Adding an entry ....................... 26

4. APPENDIX A : List of ASCII codes recognized by the system ..27
4.1. 7 bits ASCII characters................ 27
4.2. 8 bits ASCII characters................ 31

5. APPENDIX B : Phonetic writing............36
5.1. Phonetic alphabet .................. 36
5.2. Word tags ..................... 37

6. APPENDIX C : List of acronyms and abbreviations of the system39
6.1. List of honorific titles ................ 39
6.2. List of current abbreviations............... 39
6.3. List of days of the week ................ 40
6.4. List of communication ways ............... 41
6.5. List of acronyms .................. 42

7. APPENDIX D : Units ................43

ELAN Sayso/Tempo Multimedia SAPI Interfaces

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1. Overview : ELAN Sayso/Tempo Multimedia™ & SAPI applications 5
1.1. ELAN Sayso/Tempo Multimedia running mode ........ 5
1.2. ELAN Sayso/Tempo Multimedia™ client / server dialog mode ... 5
1.2.1. Requirements........................ 5
1.2.2. Window Local mode ...................... 5

2. SAPI Interfaces ..................6
2.1. SAPI4 ....................... 6
2.1.1. Supported interfaces and features.................. 6
2.1.2. ITTSAttributes interface ..................... 7
2.1.3. ITTSCentral Interface...................... 7
2.1.4. ITTSEnum interface ToFileTime .................. 8
2.1.5. ITTSFind interface ....................... 8
2.1.6. ITTSNotifySink interface .................... 8
2.1.7. ITTSBufNotifySink interface ................... 9
2.1.8. ITTSDialog interface...................... 9
2.1.9. Text to speech control tag .................... 9
2.1.10. Elan's proprietary text to speech control tag ............ 10
2.2. SAPI5 ...................... 11
2.2.1. Supported interfaces and features................ 11
2.2.2. ISpTTSEngine........................ 11
2.2.3. Real-time actions ....................... 11
2.2.4. TTS Events ........................ 12
2.2.5. TTS control tags & attributes .................. 12

3. ELAN Sayso/Tempo Multimedia™ voices SAPI identification ..14
3.1. SAPI4 ...................... 14
3.2. SAPI5 ...................... 14
3.3. French engine mode.................. 15
3.4. UK English Engine Mode................ 16
3.5. US English Engine Mode................ 17
3.6. Italian Engine mode .................. 18
3.7. German engine mode................ 19
3.8. Spanish engine mode................ 20
3.9. Polish engine mode .................. 21
3.10. Brazilian engine mode ................ 22
3.11. Russian engine mode ................ 23
3.12. Arabic engine mode .................. 23

4. Programming TTS application............25
4.1. SAPI4 basics.................... 25
4.2. Programming steps .................. 26
4.3. Notification interface definition.............. 26
4.4. Initialization .................... 31
4.5. Speaking ..................... 32
5. Registry map ..................34
5.1. ELAN Sayso/Tempo Multimedia™ SAPI4 interface ....... 34
5.2. ELAN Sayso/Tempo Multimedia™ SAPI5 interface ....... 34
5.3. ELAN Sayso/Tempo Multimedia™ TTS Voices ........ 35

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