Administering Proxy Text-to-Speech

The same basic steps for administering Proxy Text-to-Speech are followed from whatever interface you use.

Using the Web Administration interface

1. Assign TTS system parameters.
1. Go to the Speech Proxy Administration screen (Feature Packages > Speech Administration > Administration).
2. Choose Text-to-Speech Configuration.
3. Choose Assign Text-to-Speech.

The browser displays the Assign Text-to-Speech Configuration screen.

4. Choose Assign Text-to-Speech System Parameters.
5. Enter a Default Voice Tag (as provided by the third-party vendor's TTS software) and click Submit.
2. Assign the TTS type.
1. Go to the Assign Text-to-Speech Configuration screen (see Steps 1a through 1c above, or use your browser's Back button, or click the Cancel button on the screen).
2. Choose Assign Text-to-Speech Type.
3. Select a Text-to-Speech Type and click Submit.
4. Enter the Speech protocol and Speech configuration file for the TTS type you selected in the previous screen.
5. Indicate whether the Port Supports All Voices.
6. Click Submit.
3. Assign a server to the TTS type.

Note:
See Special considerations for PTTS to determine whether or not to administer the ports or Base Port, or to share Base Port fields for the TTS type.

1. Go to the Assign Text-to-Speech Configuration screen (see Steps 1a through 1c above, or use your browser's Back button, or click the Cancel button on the screen).
2. Choose Assign Text-to-Speech Server.
3. Select the Text-to-Speech Type you assigned in Step 2 or another assigned TTS type and click Submit.
4. Fill in the fields for the server and click Submit.

Note:
The number of ports entered on this screen must be no greater than the capacity of the server.

4. Assign a voice to the TTS type and server.

Note:
See Special considerations for PTTS to determine whether or not to administer the voice for the TTS type.

1. Go to the Assign Text-to-Speech Configuration screen (see Steps 1a through 1c above, or use your browser's Back button, or click the Cancel button on the screen).
2. Choose Assign Text-to-Speech Voice.
3. Select the Text-to-Speech Type you assigned in Step 2 or another assigned TTS type and click Submit.
4. Select the server you assigned in Step 3 or another assigned server and click Submit.
5. Fill in the fields for the voice and click Submit.
5. Stop and restart the voice system (see Stopping and starting the voice system).

Using the command-line interface

1. Assign TTS system parameters using the tts assign command.
2. Assign the TTS type using the tts assign command.
3. Assign the server to a TTS type using the tts assign command.
4. Assign a voice to the server using the tts assign command.
5. Stop and restart the voice system (see Stopping and starting the voice system).

See also

• Proxy Text-to-Speech feature
• Text-to-Speech configuration screens

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