Babel Technologies announced that Owasys, a specialist in developing wireless devices for end-users with special needs, is deploying PocketBabil, Babels embedded Text-to-Speech solution, in the owasys22C, a mobile phone that has been designed and developed specifically for the blind and visually impaired. The owasys22C will feature Spanish and US English language versions of Babels embedded TTS engine.
Owasys works with leading companies and suppliers to ensure its products are of the highest quality. Babel is without a doubt the leader in speech technology, so this alliance assures the owasys22C will offer the highest levels of speech quality. The agreement with Babel, with its multilingual products, will help the owasys22C to succeed in Spanish and English speaking countries, as well as on a worldwide level, said Fernando Aguirre, marketing and sales director, Owasys.
He continued: The owasys22C provides the visually impaired with an easy and friendly way to access information from mobile phone, thanks to Babels speech technology and Owasys wireless expertise. PocketBabil is the embedded text-to-speech version of Babil, a multi-lingual TTS synthesizer, based on Babels Multi Band Resynthesis Overlap Add (MBROLA) concatenative algorithm.
2003-11-02
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