Google I/O: Do Androids Dream of Speaking?
MOSCONE CENTER,
devices will now speak volumes with Acapela TTS for Android, a specific
Software Development Toolkit designed to meet developers needs, brought to
them by Acapela Group, the bespoke inventor of smart vocal solutions.
25 languages and 51 pleasant voices are ready to give the say to Android
apps through a few lines of codes, thanks to the easy to use and intuitive
Java API.
Check out the http://www.acapela-for-android.com website and get all the
information you need to start developing smart talkative apps. Share the
latest news, follow our topics on twitter and on the blog, access our FAQ,
make direct contact with Acapela’s Product Manager and enter the vocal
dimension.
Special attention has been given to set up gateways between mobility
different platforms. Developers already using the acapela-for-iphone.com
website will not have to register again and will be able to use the same ID
and password to access the Android dedicated website and take advantage of it.
Similarity between APIs will allow developers to easily use content
created for their apps and quickly adapt it for android purpose.
Following the success of http://www.acapela-for-iphone.com, launched in
developers, about 100 apps deployed using Acapela text to speech and over 900
000 downloads of Acapela voice-empowered apps by iPhone & iPad users, Acapela
Group confirms its commitment towards mobility developers ands its capacity
and will to provide them with specific solutions, perfectly answering their
needs with straight forward tools, to efficiently support them to easily
develop smart talking apps.
Key info:
– No need of data connection: Native TTS on device
– Works on Android 1.6 and higher (compatible with Android 3.0)
– Easy integration: thanks to the High Level API written in Java,
developers will be able, with a minimum of code lines, to quickly and easily
integrate speech synthesis into their application for Android
– Type and talk sample app + code
– Rich repertory of pleasant voices: easy integration of voices for
enhanced intuitive multilingual interface with up to 25 Languages and 51
Voices
– Two voice formats: Low Footprint 20 to 30MB/voice and High Quality
Medium (40 to 150MB/voice)
– Audio friendly: integrated with Android Audio Framework, to allow users
to work effectively with music.
– Android market compatible pricing: royalties are based on a percentage
of the selling price.
About Acapela Group – http://www.acapela-group.com
Acapela Group, the leading voice expert, invents text to speech solutions
to give your content a voice in up to 30 languages and helps its customers to
build their ‘Voice strategy’, to add audible value to their services and
applications through the spoken word. Acapela speech solutions enable any
written text to be turned into natural speech files, using any of the 60 High
Quality standard voices or an organization’s/company’s own synthesized voice
talent – produced through Acapela Voice Factory – for improved market
recognition and audio-brand visibility. Over 1000 companies around the world
have already adopted Acapela high quality voices to voice-empower their
products and services, in very different markets. Check out
http://www.acapela.tv, Acapela Group’s sparkling laboratory with over 75
million talking cards created and shared http://www.acapela-vaas.com, the
Acapela on-line service for smart vocalization
http://www.acapela-for-iphone.com and http://www.acapela-for-android.com to
develop talkative apps http://www.acapela-box.com, for easy
all-rights-included, on-demand, sound file production.
SOURCE Acapela Group