MRCP Server

A Standard Interface between VoiceXML Platforms and Acapela Telecom. This add-on works only in conjunction with Acapela Telecom.

"The Media Resource Control Protocol (MRCP) is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) specification that describes a standard interface to media processing resources providing capabilities such as automatic speech recognition (ASR), speech synthesis (text-to-speech or TTS), as well as speaker identification and speaker verification (SI/SV). The key benefit of this technology is that it allows VoiceXML browsers to inter-operate with third party ASR, TTS, and SI/SV servers using an open, standardized protocol. Interoperability of this nature allows a given VoiceXML solution to be comprised of components from multiple vendors, benefiting technology providers by adding value to their products, while placing greater flexibility and choice in the hands of customers."

"In the past, the purchase of a VoiceXML platform locked the buyer into a single, or at most a handful of ASR and TTS engines. Platform vendors required custom integrations with each supported speech engine; integrations which typically proved expensive.  The interoperability provided by MRCP instead allows a customer to select a combination of VoiceXML platform and speech servers that best addresses their needs. Moreover, as needs change, customers have the freedom to swap one component for another. MRCP also allows a single VoiceXML deployment to use ASR and TTS resources from multiple vendors. For example, one vendor's engine could be used for one set of languages, and another vendor's engine could be used for other languages."

"As MRCP is a network protocol rather than a software programming interface, speech resources can be deployed separately from the VoiceXML platform. A single MRCP server can host multiple resource types such as ASR, TTS and SI/SV.  Alternatively, different types of resources may be hosted on distinct sets of servers. As a result, users have the freedom and flexibility to deploy and scale speech resources as needed.

By reducing integration cost and complexity, MRCP also serves as a strong value add to VoiceXML platform and speech resource vendors. For instance, engineering effort formerly allocated to custom integrations can be refocused on core technology and a single MRCP stack. Supporting a wider range of speech engines naturally increases the value of a VoiceXML platform. Conversely, speech engine vendors benefit from broader support in the market."

All quotes with the kind permission of its author Andrew Wahbe taken from http://www.voicexml.org

HQ TTS: very High Quality Text To Speech resulting in a very naturaland pleasant-sounding voice which has never been closer to the human speaker.

HD TTS : very High Density Text To Speech off ering the best density/quality compromise of the market.

	HQ TTS		HD TTS
	F	M	F	M
Arabic
Czech
Danish
Dutch (B)
Dutch (NL)
English (UK)
English (US)
Faeroese
Finnish
French
French (Canadian)
German
Icelandic
Italian
Norwegian
Portuguese
Portuguese (Brazil)
Spanish
Spanish (North America)
Swedish
Turkish

Current MRCP Module from Acapela supports the MRCPV1 Specification. Please contact us for Technical Specification of this add-on module.

The MRCPV2 Specification support is under development.

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