Provider of embedded speech solutions SVOX announced that it is joining Open Handset Alliance, to bring its speech output solution, known under its development name SVOX Pico, to the Android platform.
The SVOX contribution to the platform is comprised of the SVOX Pico TTS engine, six language packages (US and UK English, German, French, Spanish and Italian) and tools that can be used to create new languages and voices.
Commenting on the announcement, SVOX CEO Martin Reber said: “SVOX is committed to bringing high quality speech to the mobile market, with first-class support and integration services. This is the first step in our mission to bring natural-language technology to the Android community.” He added “Device manufacturers, service providers and application vendors will all benefit from the newest TTS being part of the Android Platform.”