"We decided to make Romanian voice
for two main reasons - first:
Romanian high quality TTS voice was never
made before; and second: Romanian language is not easy to build and we
like that! Carmen is a female Romanian-speaking voice practically
impossible to distinguish from a natural voice. When developing the
current version we drew on the experiences acquired during the
prestigious international Blizzard Challenge where in 2006 and 2007 our
text to speech system received the highest scores year by year. The new
Carmen may be of particular interest to designers of telecommunication
systems and to hardware and software manufacturers who intend to expand
into the Romanian and Moldovan markets" - says Lukasz Osowski,
President of IVO Software, IVONA’s creator.
Beginning today,
everyone may
download a version of IVONA with Carmen’s voice. A range of IVO Software’s IVONA-based products makes it
possible to implement the text to speech system with Carmen’s voice in
various
IT and communication systems. One of these products is
IVONA
Telecom, enabling Carmen's use in telecommunication systems, such as
Call Center or IVR, designed for the Romanian market.
IVONA Embedded in
turn, offers Carmen’s services to hardware and software manufacturers
wishing to implement the Romanian-speaking voice in mobile devices,
GPS
systems etc. If you need a Romanian voice-over for a
presentation or if
you need to prepare an
audiobook you can use
IVONA Professional.
Romanian
is spoken by over 24 million people - mainly in Romania and Moldova.
These are both countries of Central-Eastern Europe. Since 1 January
2007 Romania is a Member State of the European Union.
To test
Carmen and other IVONA-generated voices
click here.
First Virtual Romanian Voice in the World!
