Nuance Vocalizer Developer's Guide - Avaya Support

Text encodingNuance Vocalizer supports the Microsoft CP1252 (WinLatin1) and ISO-8859-1character encoding for plaintext input of American Spanish characters.If you are using Vocalizer in SSML mode, Vocalizer can interpret ISO-8859-1input characters if you provide an appropriate XML header: Las letras acentuadas son muy usadas en español For more information, see “Encoding” on page 39.RegionalismFor American Spanish, Vocalizer supports various conventions for numbers,dates, and addresses. For example, in the United States, decimal numbers usethe form 4,123.5, while most Central and Latin American countries use the formof 4.123,5. Since these variations cause conflicting interpretations, Vocalizersupports the -region command-line option to determine the normalizationconvention. Set -region to either US or CALA to specify the set of conventionsrequired. See “Using the -region option” on page 12.The main distinction between CALA and US mode are:USPeriods indicate decimal points; digittriplets are separated with commasCALACommas indicate decimal points; digittriplets are separated with periodsDates are interpreted using themm/dd/yyyy formatDates are interpreted using thedd/mm/yyyy format“$” indicates dollars “$” indicates pesosAddress abbreviations areinterpreted in EnglishAddress abbreviations areinterpreted in SpanishPhrasing and punctuationVocalizer recognizes punctuation used to end phrases, sentences, andparagraphs. Vocalizer strips the layout from input text and uses it in conjunctionwith punctuation to determine phrasing, thereby enabling natural-soundingintonation and pausing at the ends of phrases, sentences, and questions. Text104Nuance Vocalizer 3.0Developer’s Guide