Sakrament begins testing English speech synthesis module
Minsk, Belarus - January 11, 2005 Sakrament company, the leading developer in the sphere of speech synthesis and recognition for the Russian-language market, starts testing and debugging the English language module for Sakrament TTS Engine 3.0 speech synthesis system.
Together with specialists from Minsk State Linguistic University, Sakrament have started testing and debugging the phonetic database of the English language module. Testing is carried out through listening to a wide selection of texts which include publications on a number of topics: news, technology, politics, science, medicine etc. Using modern texts reflecting current English will make the synthesis system capable of producing natural-sounding speech with words and constructions used nowadays in English-speaking countries. As of today, Sakrament offers the commercial version of ClearSpell, a topical dictionary which allows to learn and listen to words structured into a number of topical sections. The English language module will be adapted for usage not only on Windows computers, but also on Windows CE and Symbian platforms. Find out more by contacting Sakrament or visiting the Sakrament-speech.com website.
Sakrament was founded in Minsk, Belarus, in 1994. Today Sakrament is leading developer of voice solutions for Russian language. The company’s main products are Sakrament TTS (Text-to Speech) Engine for PC, PDA, and Symbian platforms (the PC engine is 100% compatible with Microsoft SAPI 5.1.), Sakrament ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) Engine, Sakrament Personal Voice Master, a unique program for creating your own synthesized voice, and a number of other solutions in the sphere of voice recognition and synthesis. Sakrament has established partnership with such recognized brands as HP, Microsoft, IBM, Alcatel and many others. Learn more about Sakrament at www.sakrament-speech.com
