Centigram Communications Corporation Announces TruVoice 5.0 Support for Microsoft's Win32 Speech API

Strategic Insights -

Centigram Communications Corporation has announced that its TruVoice 5.0 will support Microsoft's Win32 Speech application program interface (API), marking a significant milestone in the development of speech-enabled applications. This collaboration, which has been ongoing for over a year, aims to enhance the core capabilities of TruVoice, including its availability in five languages. The joint effort has resulted in major advancements in the technology, increasing its usability for various new applications.

Key Takeaways:

  • TruVoice 5.0 will support Microsoft's Win32 Speech API, enabling the development of speech-enabled applications under both Windows95 and Windows-NT.
  • Centigram and Microsoft have been working together for over a year to enhance the core capabilities of TruVoice, including its availability in five languages.
  • The joint development has resulted in major enhancements to the core technology, increasing the usability of text-to-speech for various new applications.
  • TruVoice features advanced intelligence that includes context-sensitive rules for correctly reading data from spreadsheets, address book applications, electronic mail messages, and faxes.
  • The preprocessor eliminates time-consuming editing before the text can be accurately read in these applications.
  • Other enhancements include improvements in voice quality in American English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish, as well as the addition of new voices (8 male, 2 female) across all available languages.
  • Centigram's interactive TruVoice demonstration is now available on its World Wide Web site at www.centigram.com.
  • Users can test Centigram's text-to-speech voice quality through the type-and-talk feature, which converts text entered by users to spoken English.

Statistics:

  • The joint development of TruVoice 5.0 and Microsoft's Win32 Speech API has resulted in a major enhancement of the core technology.
  • TruVoice 5.0 is designed to support speech-enabled applications under both Windows95 and Windows-NT platforms.
  • The technology has undergone significant advancements, increasing its usability for various new applications.
  • TruVoice features advanced intelligence with context-sensitive rules, eliminating time-consuming editing before text can be accurately read in various applications.
  • The preprocessor has eliminated unwanted header information in e-mail messages and expanded multi-function punctuation, multi-expansion abbreviations, and non-standard abbreviations.

Sources:

  • "Centigram Communications Corporation Announces TruVoice 5.0 Support for Microsoft's Win32 Speech API." Press Release, Centigram Communications Corporation, 1997.
  • Centigram Communications Corporation. "About Centigram." [www.centigram.com](http://www.centigram.com).
  • Microsoft. "Microsoft and Centigram Communications Announce Advanced Speech Technology." Press Release, Microsoft Corporation, 1997.