Salt Lake City, UT — (press release) — Fonix Corporation a provider of human-user interface technology solutions for wireless and mobile devices, vehicle telematics, and Internet and telephony systems, today announced the commercial release of its FAAST (Fonix Accelerated Application Solutions Technology) text-to-speech (TTS) software development kit (SDK) for Linux x86.

The release of the Fonix FAAST TTS Linux x86 SDK will enable TTS technologies to be used in a wide range of speech-enabled applications on the Linux platform. The SDK is designed to enables the seamless integration of high quality unlimited vocabulary TTS, as well a unique customized vocabulary TTS, into Linux based applications.

Typical applications include unified messaging services, email readers, HTML web readers, English education software, auto attendants, stock quote systems, web-based college education courses, short messaging services, voice portals, IVR systems, and others.

“Without Fonix FAAST TTS for Linux, our Silent Messenger product would require two PCs,” said Jerry Geis, Vice President of Software Development for MessageNet Systems. “This new release will virtually eliminate our additional hardware and software costs.”

The Fonix FAAST TTS SDK for Linux x86 features a high-level TTS Application Program Interface (API) set that allows developers to easily incorporate text-to-speech into products. Moreover, the SDK's utilization of Red Hat Package Manager files facilitates rapid installation, and allows programmers to begin development almost immediately. The Fonix FAAST API also supports the C++ and Java programming languages.

“To support the growing community of Linux software developers, Fonix has developed a versatile TTS development system which can rapidly gain market share by allowing developers to utilize the most appropriate natural-sounding TTS for their specific applications,” said Thomas A. Murdock, Fonix Chairman and CEO. “We understand the need to support multiple platform development and are pleased to incorporate Linux into the growing family of platforms we support.”

 
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