First Russian TTS engine for Symbian
Minsk, Belarus - October 4, 2004 - Sakrament announces the release of Sakrament TTS Engine Symbian edition. This solution is the first Russian speech synthesis software for Symbian, the best-in-class operating system for mobile devices. With the rapid growth of smartphone industry, voice solutions for data-enabled mobile phones quickly expand mobile communications capability. For the first time in the history of the mobile market there is a possibility to use synthesized Russian speech on Symbian-powered mobile devices in all kinds of services and applications, from reading aloud SMS messages to creating voice-enabled personal organizers and other software. One of the technologies developed by Sakrament allows the smartphone to make programmed calls using synthesized speech which helps the manufacturers and solution providers to meet a broader range of user requirements.
Symbian OS is quickly becoming the industry standard for next-generation mobile devices. More than 6 mln. Symbian smartphones have been shipped worldwide, and by the end of 2004 the total number of data-enabled mobile phone models will exceed 20. Together with Windows CE and other mobile platforms, developing voice solutions for Symbian is one of the top priorities for Sakrament.
Symbian was founded in Great Britain in 1998 by Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola and Psion with the aim to develop a single OS for next generation mobile phones. Symbian OS enables the developers to use a set of standard APIs and develop universal mobile applications. Today Symbian is supported on more than 15 mobile phone models (Nokia 3660/3620, 6600, 7610, 7650, 3650/3600, 9290, 9210, N-Gage, N-Gage QD, Siemens SX1, Sony Ericsson P800, P900, Sendo X, Motorola A920, A925). Learn more about Symbian OS at www.symbian.com.
