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First Russian TTS engine for Symbian

Source: Sakrament
Oct 04, 2004
Sakrament company, the leading developer in the sphere of Russian speech synthesis and recognition, announces the release of Sakrament TTS Engine Symbian edition. This solution is the first Russian speech synthesis software for Symbian, the best-in-class operating system for mobile devices. With the rapid growth of smartphone industry, voice solutions for data-enabled mobile phones quickly expand mobile communications capability. For the first time in the history of the mobile market there is a possibility to use synthesized Russian speech on Symbian-powered mobile devices in all kinds of services and applications, from reading aloud SMS messages to creating voice-enabled personal organizers and other software. One of the technologies developed by Sakrament allows the smartphone to make programmed calls using synthesized speech which helps the manufacturers and solution providers to meet a broader range of user requirements.

Symbian OS is quickly becoming the industry standard for next-generation mobile devices. More than 6 mln. Symbian smartphones have been shipped worldwide, and by the end of 2004 the total number of data-enabled mobile phone models will exceed 20. Together with Windows CE and other mobile platforms, developing voice solutions for Symbian is one of the top priorities for Sakrament.

Sakrament was founded in Minsk, Belarus, in 1994. Today Sakrament is leading developer of voice solutions for Russian language. The company's main products are Sakrament TTS (Text-to Speech) Engine for PC, PDA, and Symbian platforms (the PC engine is 100% compatible with Microsoft SAPI 5.1.), Sakrament ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) Engine, Sakrament Personal Voice Master, a unique program for creating your own synthesized voice, and a number of other solutions in the sphere of voice recognition and synthesis. Sakrament has established partnership with such recognized brands as HP, Microsoft, IBM, Alcatel and many others. Learn more about Sakrament at www.sakrament-speech.com

Symbian was founded in Great Britain in 1998 by Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola and Psion with the aim to develop a single OS for next generation mobile phones. Symbian OS enables the developers to use a set of standard APIs and develop universal mobile applications. Today Symbian is supported on more than 15 mobile phone models (Nokia 3660/3620, 6600, 7610, 7650, 3650/3600, 9290, 9210, N-Gage, N-Gage QD, Siemens SX1, Sony Ericsson P800, P900, Sendo X, Motorola A920, A925). Learn more about Symbian OS at www.symbian.com.