====== Loquendo TTS ======

===== About =====

Loquendo (has been purchased by Nuance)

**Nuance Communications, Inc.** \\
Worldwide Headquarters\\
1 Wayside Road\\
Burlington, MA 01803\\
USA

Website: __[[http://www.loquendo.com/|http://www.loquendo.com]]__

===== Definition =====

Loquendo TTS software provides a life-like voice for the dynamic data and prompts in your server-based, multimedia, PDA, embedded and multimodal voice applications.

===== Languages =====

Arabic · Czech · Danish · Dutch (BE, NL) · English (UK, US) · Finnish , French(FR, Canadian) · German · Greek, Italian · Norwegian · Polish · Portuguese (PT, Brazil) · Russian · Spanish (Castillan ES) · Spanish (North America) · Spanish (Catalan) · Spanish (Galician) · Swedish · Turkish · Chinese

===== Installation =====

First unzip and untar the Loquendo package by using the command:

<code>
# tar xvzf loquendo_Vx.x_date.tar.gz
</code>

Go to the directory of the gnudialer; then, type the following command:

<code>
# cd loquendo_Vx.x_date
# ./install.sh
</code>

The script asks for an installation directory (default: /opt/LTTS).  In this directory you need to enable read/write and execution permissions, otherwise the installation will end prematurely.

===== Configuration =====

The TTS package install the HTTP scripts in:

<code>
/var/www/tts/loquendo
</code>

In a default Debian installation, you can test the TTS installation with:

<code>
http://yourip/tts/loquendo/index.php
</code>

This web page will generate wav files in PCM 16bit 8kHz mono.

===== Release Notes =====

Install the script on your Apache/PHP server. Configure the VoiceXML Browser (Text-to-Speech Option) and restart the VoiceXML interpreter to get the new configuration.