New Text-to-Speech Chip - S1V30120 - Epson & Fonix

Epson introduce Text to Speech chip, the  S1V30120, a companion chip that converts text into synthetic human speech. The chip features Fonix DECtalk TTS technology. Target applications of this text to speech chip includes a broad range of voice-driven devices such as portable media devices, mobile phones, home appliances, office equipments and industrial equipments.

Yasutoshi Takizawa, Epson, said:

Epson is pleased to introduce our new Fonix-enabled speech synthesis chip into our line of semiconductor products for equipment and device manufacturers…

The combination of Epson technology and Fonix TTS provides a powerful development platform for which to develop devices and systems that incorporate speech interfaces. Epson chose Fonix text-to-speech because it uses little device memory, is clear and easy for users to understand and because of our long-standing, positive relationship with Fonix Corporation…

About Fonix Speech, Inc
Fonix Speech, Inc is an innovative speech recognition and text-to-speech technology company that provides value-added speech solutions. Fonix Speech offers voice solutions for mobile/wireless devices; interactive video games, toys and appliances; computer telephony systems; the assistive market and automotive telematics.

Key features of the S1V30120 text to speech IC:

• Fonix text-to-speech
• Fonix DECtalk fully parametric speech synthesis with improvements in voice quality
• Multiple languages (US English, Castilian and Latin American Spanish)
• Nine TTS voices for each language (four male, four female, one child)
• Audio playback (ADPCM)
• Sampling rate: 11.025kHz
• ADPCM decoding (in Epson's original format)
• Sampling rates: 16kHz, 8kHz
• Bit rate: 80kbps, 64kbps, 48kbps, 32kbps, 24kbps

Source: Epson Text to Speech Chip