October 25, 2000 DirectXtras is pleased to announce... DirectTTS Xtra. DirectTTS is a cross platform, easy to use Scripting Xtra for Macromedia Director, Authorware and Shockwave that provides applications with the ability to talk by transforming text to speech. DirectTTS Xtra includes support for high quality lip-synching, allowing the creation of guides, coaches, entertainers, and other types of assistants or specialists. On Windows, the Xtra can use any Microsoft SAPI compliant TTS (Text-To-Speech) engine that is installed on the system, at any language, to produce speech, such as the Microsoft English TTS engine that is pre installed with Windows 2000, and which can be freely distributed along with applications developed with DirectTTS Xtra. On MacOS, the Xtra can use any Speech Manager compatible TTS engine that is installed on the system, at any language, to produce speech, such as Apple PlainTalk TTS engines that are distributed along with the MacOS. DirectTTS Xtra is available for Director 5 and above, Authorware 4 and above, and is compatible with Windows 2000, 9X, NT and MacOS (PPC). DirectTTS Xtra is Shockwave safe, so it can also be used with Shockwave 7 or later and when safety features in Director are turned on. An auto downloadable Shockwave safe package of DirectTTS Xtra is available. It is a compressed, small sized (less than 30K) version of the Xtra, that can be downloaded automatically from a web site to the user's local machine whenever needed, and once installed provides Shockwave applications on the web with the ability to talk. A fully functional evaluation version of DirectTTS Xtra can be downloaded from our Web site: http://www.directxtras.com/ . The trial version includes documentation and a sample Director movie that utilizes the Xtra by letting you transform any text into speech using one of the installed voices. It also allows you to control the speech properties, such as speed, pitch and volume. We encourage interested developers to download the trial version and look forward to your comments, suggestions, ideas and any questions you might have. Best Regards, -- Tomer Berda --------------------------------------------------------------------- DirectXtras - Xtra Power for Director and Authorware - http://www.directxtras.com Sites with something to say - http://www.SpeaksForItself.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
