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New Virtual Romanian Voice Based On Ivona TTS
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As of today everyone may download and use Carmen, the newest voice of IVONA.
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Gdynia, Poland (3/27/2008) - "We decided to make a Romanian voice for two main reasons: First: a high-quality Romanian TTS voice was never made before; and second, the Romanian language is not easy to build and we like that!
Carmen is a female Romanian-speaking voice practically impossible to distinguish from a natural voice. "The new Carmen may be of particular interest to designers of telecommunication systems and to hardware and software manufacturers who intend to expand into the Romanian and Moldovan markets" says Lukasz Osowski, president of IVO Software, IVONA's creator.
Beginning today, everyone may download a version of IVONA with Carmen's voice from www.ivona.com. A range of IVO Software's IVONA-based products makes it possible to implement the text-to-speech system with Carmen's voice in various IT and communication systems. One of these products is IVONA Telecom, enabling Carmen's use in telecommunication systems such as the call center or IVR, designed for the Romanian market. IVONA SDK in turn, offers Carmen's services to hardware and software manufacturers wishing to implement the Romanian-speaking voice in mobile devices, GPS systems etc. If you need a Romanian voice-over for a presentation or if you need to prepare an audiobook you can use IVONA Professional.
One can test Carmen and other IVONA-generated voices at www.ivona.com. The Web site also contains more detailed overview of IVONA-based products and a discussion of their possible applications. Private computer users in turn, can use Carmen or other IVONA's virtual voices with Expressivo. It is an application that can read any text with a human voice. It may also be used to facilitate learning of foreign languages or to read out film subtitles. Expressivo allows you to listen to books, RSS feeds, Web pages, and emails as well with a computer or portable MP3 player.
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IVO Software
Editorial Contact:
Andrzej Sowula
+ 48 12 3977600
asowula@prsolutionson.com
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