Aculabs head of speech technology to address key text-to-speech issues at SpeechTek 2002

Aculabs head of speech technology Phil Cambridge will address key issues surrounding text-to-speech (TTS) at SpeechTek 2002.

8th October 2002 UK, Germany, Australia, US, South America, Korea, China, India - Aculabs head of speech technology Phil Cambridge will address key issues surrounding text-to-speech (TTS) at SpeechTek 2002.

In a speech entitled TTS -- Listen Again", Phil Cambridge will focus on some of the most important criteria that voice and telephony developers and system integrators should consider when evaluating TTS technology.

Phil will look at the future of TTS, and discuss how advances in the technology, such as improvements in natural intonation and semantic interpretation, consistency, 'flow of speech and even the ability to pronounce difficult words -- will accelerate its take up.    

As well as discussing the varying needs of different application areas, Phil will look at the factors underlying acceptance of TTS, such as accurate pronunciation, appropriate intonation and the complete absence of gross errors.

He will also demonstrate examples of TTS technology and explain why the high profile natural TTS voices are not always necessarily the best option. He will also highlight ways in which developers can use TTS technology to generate income.

Finally, Phil will describe how TTS is already being used in a wide variety of applications, from voice dialling to automated telephone betting and telephone banking, all providing income and other benefits to the organisations involved.

If you would like further information, Phil Cambridge and other senior Aculab representatives will be available on stand number 205 at SpeechTek 2002, New York Marriott Marquis, 1535, Broadway, New York, NY 136

About Aculab

Through a customer-focused approach to development, Aculab has produced a computer telephony (CT) product portfolio that satisfies the speech resource and global digital connectivity requirements of developers and system integrators. CT applications utilising Aculabs components can handle real-time telephony, through an extensive range of resources and signalling systems.

The evolution of Aculabs generic API, to provide a consistent programming interface, reduces the integration time of a combination of technologies including text-to-speech (TTS), automatic speech recognition (ASR), conferencing and fax. Collectively through supporting a broad range of industry standards and operating systems, Aculab can provide the products needed when quality and performance cannot be compromised.

Aculabs head office is located in Milton Keynes, UK with offices in North America, Germany and Australia. Website: www.aculab.com

For more information contact:
Katie Chaplin
Aculab
Telephone: +44 (0) 1908 273 800
Email: katie.chaplin@aculab.com

Tracey Williams
TWPR
Telephone: +44 (0) 1225 723237
Email: twpr@compuserve.com