Nuance Vocalizer Developer's Guide - Avaya Support

TIP: When you know in advance that text input includes the names of places,make sure you capitalize them appropriately. Sending “New York” instead of“new york” gives Vocalizer a better chance of rendering the name successfully.This rule also applies to your custom text replacement filters, which arediscussed in the “Creating custom filters for text replacement” on page 52.DirectionsUse appropriate capitalization to prevent ambiguity when text input includesdirections. For example, the verb “est” and the direction “Est” would berendered incorrectly in the following text:“La circulation est congestionnée en direction est sur le boulevard Maisoneuveest.”NumbersCardinals and ordinalsVocalizer has a set of defined conventions for handling digits and commoncomponents that contain numbers such as dollar amounts and telephonenumbers. Use the rules defined in this section to ensure the most accurate andnatural synthesis for specific types of numbers and number-based phrases.Vocalizer converts cardinal numbers (which indicate quantity) and ordinalnumbers (which indicate position in a series) to their textual form.The metric system is the main convention supported, but the imperial system isalso supported when there is no conflict with the metric system. The metricconvention uses single spaces to separate digit triplets within integers (whichindicate hundreds, thousands, millions, and so on). While Vocalizer acceptscommas as separators for digit triplets (imperial system), Nuance recommendsusing spaces instead to avoid confusion with commas as decimal separators.Input textOutput5600 cinq mille six cents5 600 cinq mille six cents4500000 quatre millions cinq cents mille4ième102equatrièmecent deuxième92Nuance Vocalizer 3.0Developer’s Guide