Wizzard Software Corp. > IBM ViaVoice, IBM Text-To-Speech SDK for ViaVoice, TTS for Windows & Linux

	166MHz Processor with MMX with 256K L2 cache
	48MB RAM
	10MB available hard disk space (An additional 4MB is required for each TTS Run Time language installed)
	98, 2000, ME, XP, NT 4.0
	16 bit sound card

About IBM Text-To-Speech

IBM ViaVoice Text-To-Speech (TTS) technology uses the latest in linguistic technologies to synthesize speech. This is a sophisticated, completely computer generated technology that goes through several linguistic stages to create highly intelligible speech output. It uses a synthesizer to generate the final sounds that you hear, thus producing a highly intelligible, very flexible output with less system resources. An almost unlimited number of voices are available simply by modifying gender, pitch, head size, roughness, etc. all on the fly. Available in multiple languages, this technology is actively used in applications (such as ATMs) where small footprint minimal resources and maximum output flexibility are required.

Licensing

IBM TTS desktop is licensed in two steps. The first step is to purchase an SDK license. This provides the software environment for internal development and testing. Each SDK comes with sample runtimes in supported languages. The second step is to purchase a license to deploy/distribute Runtimes (engine etc). Please note that all types of deployment/distribution require licensing. The most common categories are runtime deployment within an enterprise or runtime distribution with a voice enabled product. Wizzard offers licensing models and packages to cover a wide spectrum of scenarios.

Desktop Software Developers Kit (SDK) package: $295

		ViaVoice TTS SDK for Windows and Linux

		ViaVoice Format TTS RunTimes for Windows and Linux

		Languages: SDK is in US English. For sample runtimes, see below

		IBM Text-To-Speech Application Programming Interface, ECI Documentation

		IBM TTS API Reference

		Sample Programs

		ECI Sample

		Web Sample (Requires Java)

Note: The Windows SDK contains the necessary libraries for an application to be compiled under Linux.

Supported Languages in Windows (all). For supported languages in Linux see ** only

US English **
UK English **
French **
Canadian French **
German **
Brazilian Portuguese **
Cantonese (Hong Kong)
Norwegian
Swedish

Italian **
Japanese **
Simplified Chinese (Mandarin/China) **
Traditional Chinese(Mandarin/Taiwan) **
Danish
Finnish **
Mexican Spanish **
Castilian Spanish

Runtime deployment/distribution licensing package: Prices are based on volume.

In order to obtain a license for deployment/distribution of IBM desktop TTS Runtimes, please click "inquire" or call Wizzard Sales at 954-678-4155 with your usage scenario. In either case, a sales professional will respond to answer your questions and assist with your purchase.

Note: The minimum purchase amount for any type of deployment/distribution license is $1500.00. All licensing is based on volume grids where the per unit prices decrease as volumes increase. . Each runtime license covers one speech engine on each client machine. For example: Desktop TTS Runtime distribution licenses start at $5.00 per unit.

Audio Voice Samples

US English

UK English

French

French Canadian

German

Brazilian Portuguese

Cantonese (Hong Kong)**

Norwegian**

Swedish**

Italian

Japanese

Simplified Chinese (Mandarin/China)

Traditional Chinese (Mandarin/Taiwan)

Danish

Finnish

Mexican Spanish

Castilian Spanish

Note:
These (**) languages are not available in Linux

If you have any questions after reviewing the following information, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Wizzard Software has been building and assisting developers in building speech applications for eight years and we can help you with your project in a variety of ways.