VoiceSignal, provider of speech solutions for mobile devices, has introduced VSpeak 1.1, an update to the embedded text-to speech solution. This speech synthesis solution is available now in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish and is currently being integrated on mobile phones by VoiceSignal's customers, and will be available to consumers later this year.
VSpeak is a full text-to-speech (TTS) application that can read names, phone menus, SMS text messages, email, web pages or any other text. Using new technology pioneered by VoiceSignal, VSpeak 1.1 is designed to enhance both the naturalness and intelligibility of speech synthesis on a mobile phone in spite of the memory limitations on these devices.
VSpeak 1.1 can be integrated on phones with less than 500 KB of memory, making it the smallest available embedded solution with the sound quality and intelligibility of systems requiring megabytes of memory.
"VSpeak represents a major step forward for the mobile phone industry because, for the first time, a high quality TTS system for reading text messages and other content can be deployed in the memory constraints of entry level and mid-tier phones," said Rich Geruson, CEO of VoiceSignal, in a statement. “Including TTS in mobile phones allows users to listen to incoming text messages or other text without looking at the device. When matched with a bluetooth headset, an entirely new eyes-free interface solution is possible."
VSpeak complements VoiceSignal's VSuite and VoiceMode product lines by enabling mobile phone manufacturers to provide a complete speech interface solution to look up or dial a contact name, dial a number, address a text message, dictate a text message or have a text message or other content read aloud.
Niladri Sekhar Nath is a contributing writer for TMCnet covering telecommunications, service providers and networking.
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