6. Evaluation Mode Operation
Figure 12 TTS configuration area
6.2.1.1 Language
drop-box
The Language drop-box is used to specify the target language. The user has the
option of selecting U.S. English, Castillian Spanish, French, German or Latin
Spanish. The default on start-up is U.S. English.
6.2.1.2 Voice
The voice selection drop-box allows the user to choose one of up to nine TTS
voices; the voices are individually named, with a ‘CUSTOM’ choice for
user-defined voices. For details on the voices defined for the target, please refer
to the Message Protocol Document.
6.2.1.3 Parser
The Parser drop-box has two options, DECtalk(R) or EPSON (the default); the
EPSON parser provides a number of common input parser options and supports
a range of shorthand commands. The DECtalk(R) parser provides access to the
DECtalk(R) embedded commands. Refer to the “S1V30xxx DECtalk(R)
Implementation” Document for details on the parsers.
6.2.1.4 Sample
Frequency
The sample frequency drop-box has two options, 8kHz and 11kHz (default);
these values specify the sampling frequency of the TTS application’s, and so
S1V30xxx’s, audio output.
6.2.1.5 Word
rate
The word rate data field allows specification of the speaker rate of the output
audio in words-per-minute (wpm). The default value is 200. The data entered in
this field is constrained by the user interface to positive integer values only.
The word rate supported by the target is from 75 to 600 wpm inclusive. If any
attempt is made to configure the target for a word-rate greater than 600wpm,
the TTS software will be configured to its maximum value of 600. Similarly
attempts to configure for word-rates below 75 wpm cause the target to be
configured at 75 wpm.
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