[DECtalk] Fonix DECtalk Adds New Platforms and Languages

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Where do you get that version?
 
 
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In a message dated 3/31/2005 9:36:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
nick at nickgawronski.com writes:

Hi, How  did you even find out about this article because on the dectalk 
web page I  found no information and even subgested to fonix that if 
gwmicro won't  sell the current version of dectalk to look for another 
reseller.  I  have sent this artical to freedomscientific for possible 
inclution in the  packmate PDA and also to pulsedata for possible 
inclution in the braille  note and scansoft for possible inclution in the 
talx package for mobile  phones so hopfully we will see more dectalk 
soon!  bye On Tue, 8 Mar  2005, Jayson Smith wrote:

> Hi,
> Ok everyone, please  disregard my request for a paste of the article.  I
> managed to  get it using Lynx on my Linux machine.  In case anybody else is
>  having similar problems, I have pasted the story at the end of this  
message.
> I want a demo of this!  I want to hear it and see if the  classic voices
> really do sound like they used to!
>  Jayson.
>
> Fonix DECtalk Adds New Platforms and Languages; Fonix  DECtalk 4.6.3 Offers
> 'Classic Voices' Important to Assistive  Market
>
>   SALT LAKE CITY --(Business Wire)-- March 3,  2005 -- Fonix Speech, an
>   operating division of Fonix(R)  Corp. (OTC BB: FNIX), an integrated
>   communications carrier  providing telecommunications services and
>   value-added  speech technologies, releases version 4.6.3 of its Fonix
>    DECtalk(TM) text-to-speech (TTS) technology. This new  version
>   re-releases the "classic" DECtalk TTS voices many  DECtalk users have
>   relied upon for years, offers a number  of new features and supports
>   additional operating  systems.
>
>   Fonix DECtalk 4.6.3 is based on DECtalk  technology that has been
>   developed and refined over the  past 20 years. Fonix DECtalk is the
>   smallest footprint,  full-featured, multi-language TTS in the industry.
>   Version  4.6.3 supports the widest array of hardware platforms and
>    operating systems on the market and offers nine voices and  seven
>   languages.
>   Fonix DECtalk  currently supports the following OSs:
>   -- Windows  98/NT/2000/ME/XP
>   -- Windows CE 3.0/4.x/.NET/Windows Mobile  2003
>   -- Linux Kernels 2.2/2.4
>   -- ARM  7/9, Intel XScale, TI OMAP, MIPS, Renesas SH3/4
>   Version  4.6.3 adds the following OS compatibility to the already
>    supported OSs:
>   -- Mac OS 10 or higher
>    -- Symbian platforms 1 and 2 (Nokia Series 60)
>   -- Symbian  UIQ 2.0 and 2.1
>   -- Linux V2.65 kernel
>    -- Palm OS V5
>   -- QNX version 6.1 (or  higher)
>   "By expanding the breadth of operating systems  supported, Fonix can
>   better meet the needs of our  customers and the demands of an expanding
>   market, thereby  growing our customer base and revenues," said Walt
>    Nawrocki, senior VP and general manager, Fonix Speech.
>    Fonix DECtalk 4.6.3 adds Italian to the list of available  languages
>   (U.S. and U.K. English, Castilian and Latin  American Spanish, French
>   and German) and also improves the  naturalness and intelligibility of
>   German and Spanish.  DECtalk 4.6.3 offers nine TTS voices as well as
>   the nine  classic voices for each language (18 total voices for each
>    language).
>   "Fonix realizes that many users, particularly  in the assistive market,
>   rely upon the familiar DECtalk  TTS voices that they have become
>   accustomed to over the  years," said Nawrocki. "Fonix DECtalk 4.6.3
>   allows  developers to provide user access to the new, improved
>    synthesis TTS voices as well as the nine classic DECtalk voices  circa
>   1993, including 'Perfect Paul.' This feature makes  DECtalk 4.6.3 even
>   more convenient for end users and more  attractive to manufacturers."
>   Fonix DECtalk TTS voices  include:
>   -- Paul
>   --  Harry
>   -- Dennis
>   --  Frank
>   -- Betty
>   --  Ursula
>   -- Rita
>   --  Wendy
>   Fonix DECtalk 4.6.3 is available from Fonix for  30-day delivery. For
>   more information, visit  www.fonix.com/dectalk, or call 801-553-6600
>   and say  "Sales."
>   About Fonix Speech Group
>    Fonix Speech, an operating division of Fonix Corp., provides  voice
>   technology solutions for mobile/wireless devices;  interactive
>   videogames, toys and appliances; computer  telephony systems; the
>   assistive market and automotive  telematics systems.
>   About Fonix
>   Fonix  Corp. is an innovative communications and technology  company
>   that provides integrated telecommunications  services and value-added
>   speech technologies through Fonix  Telecom Inc. and The Fonix Speech
>   Group. The combination  of interactive speech technology and integrated
>    telecommunications services allows Fonix to provide customers  with
>   comprehensive cost-effective solutions to enhance and  expand their
>   communications needs.
>
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