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Chapter 1Introducing NuanceVocalizer1Nuance Vocalizer is Nuance’s best-of-breed, text-to-speech (TTS) server,enabling automated generation of high quality speech synthesis with naturalvoice quality. Nuance Vocalizer integrates seamlessly with the Nuance SpeechRecognition System and Nuance Verifier for a complete speech solution.This chapter introduces Vocalizer’s features, the types of applications that canimplement TTS functionality, and the benefits of using TTS.OverviewNuance Vocalizer is designed to be used either as a standalone TTS server or aspart of a single-tier or distributed architecture.Vocalizer supports many features that allow you to customize speech outputand enhance performance, including:■■■■■■■Support for Windows 2000 and SPARC Solaris platformsCompliance to VoiceXML 1.0 and the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C)April 5, 2002 Working Draft for Speech Synthesis Markup LanguageSpecificationDynamic editing of entries and pronunciations in user dictionariesCustomized text preprocessing for email reading and text replacement filtersGeneration of audio files in various formats from text files or direct userinputAbility to run voice data from disk, thus reducing system memoryrequirementsSupport for these voice packs:Chapter 1 Introducing Nuance VocalizerOverview1
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Page 9 and 10: About this guideNuance Vocalizer pr
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Page 15 and 16: Chapter 2Installing Nuance Vocalize
Page 17 and 18: Installing Nuance VocalizerInstalli
Page 19 and 20: tcsh-$] cd $NUANCEtcsh-$] source SE
Page 21 and 22: Chapter 3Configuring Vocalizer with
Page 23 and 24: Starting a Vocalizer TTS serverComm
Page 25 and 26: vocalizer lm.Addresses=hostname:847
Page 27 and 28: [-text_type type][-voice voice_name
Page 29 and 30: lm.AddressesDefines the location (m
Page 31 and 32: esource-manager rm.Port=8584> vocal
Page 33 and 34: host_1WatcherWatcherRecognitionserv
Page 35 and 36: Enabling Vocalizer logsNote: For mo
Page 37 and 38: vocalizer lm.Addresses=hostname:847
Page 39 and 40: Chapter 4Playing TTS prompts fromyo
Page 41 and 42: Note: The TTSPrompt class described
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Page 53 and 54: Table 3 and Table 4 demonstrate the
Page 55 and 56: Chapter 5Starting Vocalizer through
Page 57 and 58: ■Vocalizer configuration■■■
Page 59 and 60: Chapter 6Preprocessing text input6V
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Distributing changesSome email sign
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“My computer is broken. sad face
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Chapter 7Generating audio files fro
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■■Use this text—Enter text in
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Chapter 8Customizing yourapplicatio
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Depending on which tabbed pane you
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Word detailsThe Word Details sectio
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Enabling loggingYou can edit the Di
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Testing your entries in ScratchpadW
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Chapter 9Techniques for enhancingau
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Note: The last character in a sente
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■■■A closing single quote if
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As mentioned earlier, Vocalizer exp
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NumbersCardinals and ordinalsVocali
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FractionsVocalizer recognizes fract
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Input texthello12345z4523bOutput te
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Input textOutput textU.K. formats45
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Input text Output: North American f
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Appendix AText processing forCanadi
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Hyphens and dashesSince hyphens, da
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Measurement and numeric abbreviatio
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Input text1234ièmeOutputmille deux
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number to be recognized as an imper
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CurrencyVocalizer recognizes the fo
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Input textCO. 44666-1234OutputColor
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Input texthttp://support.nuance.com
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Appendix BText processing forAmeric
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that is laid out and punctuated in
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Homographic abbreviationsHomographi
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indicate decimals. In CALA mode, pe
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Input textOutput1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
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■Dollar sign ($, $US, US$), inclu
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Input textOutput6 Ene. 2004 seis de
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Input textMrs. Chandler7449 Rupert
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IndexAalaw encoding 13APIs 27Nuance
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portschanging settings 20dictionary
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