Strata CIX Voice Mail Programming 01/07 8-1
Text-to-Speech (TTS)
Text-to-Speech (TTS) 8
TTS is the term for converting text to computer-generated speech. It enables selected information
from a computer database or e-mail messages to be read back to users.
The TTS/Email Feature Group enables e-mail messages to be read back to users via the Telephone
User Interface (TUI). The TTS/Email Feature Group requires the Media Application Server be
equipped with the UM Feature Group and an e-mail password set.
Stratagy ES TTS/Email Feature Group employs the ScanSoft ETI-Eloquence™ TTS system. ETI-
Eloquence is a Speech Application Programming Interface (SAPI) compliant system from
ScanSoft®.
With the TTS/Email Feature Group, individual mailbox users that have e-mail addresses can have
their e-mail messages read to them. Each mailbox can be configured independently to query any
e-mail service compatible with SMTP/POP3/IMAP4 for messages. If messages are present, voice
mail announces how many e-mail messages there are and if any of them contain attachments.
This gives users that do not have immediate access to their local network, the Internet, or even a
computer, the ability to check for important e-mail messages from anywhere in the world. All that
is required is a telephone.
The TTS feature is a host-based application. TTS uses the Media Application Server’s resident
processor to provide the processing power required, no additional speech-related hardware is
required. This Feature Group includes the first two channels and has a maximum capacity of four
channels of TTS that can be invoked simultaneously.
Hardware/Software Requirements
The following requirements apply for TTS:
• a license (part number MAS-FG-TTS-ETI) for the feature group must be purchased through the
Toshiba FYI site at http://fyi.tsd.toshiba.com. Once you have purchased the license, follow the
detailed instructions in “MAS Licensing” on page 2-9 to activate the license.
• ScanSoft ETI-Eloquence software
Note The TTS provides up to eight channels of TTS resources.
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