Voice Reader Server

The flexible solution for the integration of top-quality voice output in your company

Voice Reader Server offers everything you need to automatically convert all texts into high-quality voice recordings. Whether you want to announce current reports such as traffic updates, integrate voice output in your call center, sound-track eLearning applications, make public transport announcements or provide large volumes of text in audio format also - Voice Reader Server is the ideal solution to supplement any application or workflow with high-quality voice output.

Test the sound quality for yourself by listening to some samples. One of the companies enjoying the benefits of Voice Reader Server's excellent voice quality is Bayerischer Rundfunk, which has its traffic announcements (in German) continuously updated in digital traffic radio and read out around the clock.

The benefits at a glance:

• Fast and efficient conversion of text to audio
• Dynamic changing between male and female voices (only for German and British English)
• Customized voices through control of pitch, volume and speaking speed
• Simple pronunciation correction through user dictionaries
• High data throughput for fast response times
• Resource efficiency thanks to intermediate storage of audio files
• Simple integration into many applications and workflows

Voice Reader Server - Price on request

Available in the following languages: German US English British English French Canadian French Spanish Mexican Czech

Italian Portuguese Dutch Chinese Russian Polish Swedish

The most important Voice Reader Server plus points

• Dynamic changing between different voices
  Change between male and female voices.
  Individual customizability of speed, pitch and volume in the text.
  Change of language (if several languages are used).


• Flexible control of the audio format and tone quality
  Depending on the application (e.g. telephone, computer, radio or recorded messages on phones) you can control which audio format requires which tone quality:
  WAV format: 8000 and 22050 Hz; 8 Bit Mono and 16 Bit Mono
  MP3 format: 16 to 160 kbps


• Simple pronunciation changes
  With the Voice Reader Studio version included in the delivery scope, the pronunciation can be individually adjusted, e.g. for proper names or foreign-language expressions.


• Fast installation and handling
  The documentation and code samples included in the delivery facilitate simple installation and trouble-free use of Voice Reader Server in your company.


• Simple integration into all workflows
  Via the HTTP interface, the voice output can be integrated into any application and workflow. The interface can be called up with all the standard programming languages. In the post request, you can decide whether pure text, HTML or XML-coded text or URLs should be read out. The read-aloud function can also be limited to certain parts of the document.


• Individual configuration
  Voice Reader Server can be configured according to individual requirements, e.g. enter the maximum size of the http request, paths to the individual configuration files of the interfaces, defined lifetime of the individual audio files in the cache.


• High performance
  Voice Reader Server offers automatic conversion of text into voice output with a high data throughput (approx. x 4 reading tempo).

System requirements:
Microsoft Windows Server 2000, 2003 or 2008
Microsoft Internet Information Server