GM Voices and IVONA Text-To-Speech Exhibit Together Promoting a One-Voice Caller Experience–Natural Voice and Lifelike TTS in Matching Voices

The dust is still settling from AstriCon 2010, but it’s not too early to provide some feedback. The GM Voices team visited National Harbor, MD with different game plans; some of us exhibited, some of us were filming marketing videos for Digium. Coming soon will be some booth photos and a TMCnet interview with GMV President Darrell Hensley.

To start, our “story” at the booth was very powerful. Our partnership with IVONA was formed to provide companies with a consistent caller experience. With the release of GM Voices’ Joey and Kendra voices on IVONA 2 TTS (just for starters), we’ve created a convenient and economical way for companies to personalize an IVR. If you’re an Asterisk user, check out GM Voices’ new eCommerce (details for downloading free Asterisk prompt sets in the Joey and Kendra voices inside).

Second, this blogger was struck by the philanthropic potential of Asterisk and how developers are using the software to change and save lives. Read how Inveneo has helped Ugandans learn, communicate and protect themselves with open source solutions.

Finally (at least for this post), it must be said: The Gaylord is huge and confusing. Nice, sure, but also huge, also confusing. I felt like I was in an indoor setttlement on the moon. Bio-Dome, just without Pauly Shore.

Happy Halloween from IVONA Text-To-Speech

Check out this festive (and spooky) TTS Flash sampler from IVONA. Remember when TTS used to actually be scary? We’ve come a long way. Now, the only scariness is intentional scariness.

Have fun and be safe this Halloween!

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GM Voices Releases Everyone Connects (Enterprise Connect, GM Voices, Avaya); Unified Communications and Popular Music Changed Forever

In addition to being the foremost producer of natural-sounding voice prompts in the world, GM Voices is also among the best business storytellers. And lately, our preferred medium is the music video.

 This time, our story is about Chad, an intelligent (if somewhat geeky) IT professional who learns about the best Unified Communications solutions by going to Enterprise Connect (formerly VoiceCon). Chad finds the best system solution for his business, Avaya, and then discovers the best professional service to finalize his application (GM Voices, naturally).

Check it out and see why Rolling Stone magazine called Everyone Connects “the greatest music video since Thriller.”*

 *Rolling Stone did not say this… yet.
 

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Joey and Kendra Voices Highlight Release of IVONA 2 Upgrade

Today, GM Voices announced its partnership with IVONA Text-To-Speech, the Poland-based developer of lifelike speech synthesis solutions for any business application. Read the full release on the GM Voices main page.

Coinciding with the announcement is the release of the Joey and Kendra US English voices in IVONA 2, IVONA’s software upgrade featuring BrightVoice Technology.

The US English voices are the first of many more languages to come. Other highly-demanded European languages are in active development, with even more on the horizon.

This is great news for companies that are keyed into the principles of Voice Branding; namely, speaking to customers with a professional, consistent, single voice. With Joey and Kendra now on the market, businesses have the flexibility to customize their application on demand. GM Voices offers Joey and Kendra through its weekly recording sessions for ongoing updates, and IVONA 2 technology provides a natural-sounding option for updating voice prompts at any time.

Sample Joey and Kendra on our quick landing page, then head over to IVONA.com to listen to them in IVONA 2.

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