Archive for the 'Text to Speech' Category

Correct way to release a COM object

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

Our ActiveTTS component is a COM component. Using it in .Net needs some attention on how to release it.
.Net uses GC to release unused object. But for COM object, it is better to release it as soon as possible when it is not used.

Active TTS new release 3.0.2006.1208

Sunday, December 17th, 2006

We released a new version of ActiveTTS which fixes a leak problem in the component.
Now the component can run more smoothly in high performance server enviroment.
You can get it from the homepage of Active TTS

FAQ: do I need a sound card to use Active TTS?

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

Active TTS is built on the speech API SAPI5 and SAPI4 on windows. SAPI requires sound card to be installed.
In general, you need to have sound card installed on your server or desktop so that you can use TTS functions.

FAQ: Does this Active TTS activex support voice from greece ?

Thursday, June 8th, 2006

In general, the language of TTS is supported by the TTS engine itself.  ActiveTTS is just an interface that is easy to use for TTS functionality. The underline job converting text to speech is still done by TTS engines.
So if the TTS engine is SAPI4 or SAPI5 compatible, our Active TTS component will support it […]

FAQ: Do you have an active-x control for Mp3 to SWF conversion?

Thursday, June 8th, 2006

Yes, our ActiveTTS object supports it. http://www.guangmingsoft.net/activetts
it has the method to convert mp3 to swf

Using Active TTS in C++ Builder

Monday, March 13th, 2006

Active TTS is a standard COM server object. C++ Builder supports COM automation just like Delphi.
The general steps are:

Speak Aloud new version

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

We just updated the Speak Aloud application. Please try.
Update:

How to register Active TTS with your code

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

After purchase, there will be a code sent to you via email. Normally the order email will be sent in several hours. If you don’t receive it, please check your spam folder (sometimes, it may happen). If it is not there, please send email to us. We will help check the status.

Text to speech in IIS

Wednesday, February 1st, 2006

Some customers want to convert text to audio in web sites with Active TTS. They may use ASP, ASP.Net as program languages and use IIS as the web server.
If they query the voice installed on the system in such script languages, they will find there are only SAPI4 voices listed. The reason behind it is […]

Using Active TTS in C#

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

Active TTS is a standard COM component that is supported by .Net framework.
 

TTS on Windows

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006