Carmen To Conquer Romania

Released on: March 26, 2008, 5:47 am

Press Release Author: IVO Software

Industry: Software

Press Release Summary: As of today everyone may download and use Carmen, the newest
voice of IVONA - the Text-To-Speech system considered one of the best in the world.


Press Release Body: "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 from
www.ivona.com. 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 SDK 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.

One can test Carmen and other IVONA-generated voices at www.ivona.com. The website
contains also more detailed overview of IVONA-based products and a discussion of
their possible applications. Private computer users in turn, can use Carmen or other
IVONA\'s virtual voices with Expressivo. It is an application that can read any text
with a human voice. It may also be used to facilitate learning of foreign languages
or to read out film subtitles. Expressivo allows you to listen to books, RSS feeds,
Web pages, and e-mails as well - not only using a computer but also with a portable
MP3 player (e.g. iPod or iPhone). To find out more about Expressivo visit
http://www.expressivo.com.

The speech generation technology developed by IVO Software is regarded as one of the
best in the world. This is confirmed by the numerous honors and awards it has won.
IVONA's voice quality was also recognized at the international Blizzard Challenge.
Two times in a row, in 2006 and 2007, it was considered one of the closest to a
natural voice. IVO Software was established in 2001 and since then it has been
involved only in creation and development of speech synthesis technology. To find
out more about IVO Software visit: http://www.ivosoftware.com.




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Contact Details: Andrzej Sowula, PR Specialist, tel. +48 501682300,

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