Re: Details of next xPLRioNet Release - for comment

["rleong1" <rleong1@xxxxxxxxx>]

can it also be made to transcode wav files to mp3 so i can send it
wavs?  and can my wav files NOT be 44khz (like what was required w/
rioplay tts)

--- In ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx, "Tony Tofts" <tony@x> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This weekend (hopefully) will see the release of beta v3.6.
>
> This release will allow the injection of text-to-speech into
Exstreamer's &
> SliMP3's as well as Rio's (currently only Rio can TTS).
>
> It will also allow synch'd rio's to stay in synch when passed TTS
(though
> maybe not in this release).
>
> For those who are not aware - the MS SAPI5 speech library, when used
with
> .net, doesnt like it when another app tries to use the library.
>
> To get around this a new xPLRioNet 'helper' application will be
released
> (xPLRioNetTTS) which replaces BOTH the existing xPL_TTS (vb6 and
vb.net) and
> xPL_RioTTS (vb6).
>
> This application will be a windows service, as per xPLRioNet.
>
> The part of xPLRioNetTTS that replaces xPL_TTS will also allow
soundcard
> selection (as per the vb6 version).
>
> The web server side (the replacement part for xPL_RioTTS) will allow
the
> text to have .mp3 appended, and where this is detected the software
will use
> LAME to encode the TTS to mp3 before returning the stream.
>
> Eventually speech recognition will also be included.
>
> xPLRioNet will use the new program by way of a setting in
xplrionet.xml, to
> allow Rio's to use the old software if necessary for some users who
have
> other TTS app's that won't function with a .net app using the library.
>
> Any thoughts/comments/worries etc please?
>
> Many thanks
> Tony
>
>
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