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CommPower Text-to-Speech Broadcast System (CTBS) To continue press

CommPower TTS Broadcast System Voices Male Female Press to continue

CommPower TTS Broadcast System Press to continue Languages English Spanish French German Italian (with localized pronunciation & accents)

CTBS User Interface The CTBS user interface has five selectable tabs: Status Dictionaries Control Configuration Scheduler Press to continue

Status Status is the default screen that is displayed when the user interface is started. The operator selectable options are: Reset Status Print Status Exit Help About Press to continue

Dictionaries The CTBS is configured with a default dictionary provided with the AT&T Natural Voices  Text-to-Speech engine. The CTBS provides an interface to create and modify custom (site) dictionaries. The operator selectable options are: Get Dictionary New Dictionary New Word Save Clear Exit Help Press to continue

Control The CTBS allows the user to control/change the volume and speaking rate of the voices and to customize various CTBS functions The operator selectable options are: Apply Exit Help Volume Speaking Rate Misc. Controls: Input / Output Manual Prime Press to continue

Configuration Configuration allows the user to specify message/directory locations for both English and Spanish custom & application dictionaries. The operator selectable configuration fields are: - Custom Dictionaries - Server Network Properties - Default Directories - CTBS Functions Apply Exit Help Press to continue

Scheduler The CTBS scheduler allows digitized voice (WAV) files (stored in pre-defined directories) to be scheduled and output to internal voice processing boards and/or sent (via the local area network) to external destinations. The operator selectable options are: New Message Save Delete View Records View Schedule Exit Help Press to continue

View Scheduler View Schedule displays the current broadcast schedule including message name, message creation date, the number of times the message has been broadcast, and whether the message is broadcast time defined. Messages in the scheduler are broadcast in a top down manner. As a message is played, the message is highlighted. At the end of the broadcast cycle the schedule is repeated. As new messages are input into CTBS they are added to the scheduler. At the bottom of the user interface are options to control the scheduler. Press to continue 1:10 2:25 12:15

CTBS Voices and Languages Hello, I’m Crystal, the English female voice. As mentioned in this presentation, CTBS supports Male & Female voices (with vocalization for Child, Teen, Adult, Senior) in a variety of languages; English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian … all with localized accents and pronunciations. CTBS continues to expand it's offering of new voice fonts and languages as they are developed and released. Press to continue

System Platform: LINUX, Windows XP/7, Windows Server 2003/2008 Input: ASCII Text Messages Output: High quality human-like Speech audio files (.wav) TTS Engine: AT&T Natural Voices™ GUI: Intuitive operator interface facilitates control and monitoring of selected messages and broadcast schedules, including; choice of male/female voices, languages, output audio levels, speaking rates, word pronunciations via interactive phonetic dictionary. For additional CommPower product information, please visit our web site at CommPower TTS Broadcast System (CTBS) To exit the presentation press