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The State Institute for Environment Baden-Württemberg is responsible for monitoring the air using sophisticated measuring systems. As soon as radioactive radiation has been detected which is not of natural origin, alert messages have to be generated. This requires the use of trained staff around the clock. Thanks to Voice Reader, notifications are now automatically created and acoustically transmitted. This helps to reduce alarm and response time. Project manager Marius Elvert: “Voice quality has reached a level which can hardly be distinguished from a human speaker.”

After intensive testing, HFF University has decided to deploy Linguatec’s speech recognition solution. Deciding factors have been high recognition accuracy and security. Using an external cloud solution had been ruled out. CIO Kastl explains:  „With the ability to run the complete solution in our own data center, Voice Pro Enterprise is the ideal solution for us to integrate speech recognition without having to compromise on security.”

Due to the very positive responses from sailors in the North and Baltic seas, the German Meteorological Office has decided to broadcast its shipping forecasts on short wave also in the Mediterranean Sea. It is available daily at 16:00 and 20:15 UTC. Unlike VHF, shortwave can be received also far away from coast. According to a survey by YACHT online, 80% of the sailors interviewed view radio as the most important source for weather forecasts and gale warnings.

Data security has top priority at Airbus Defense & Space. This is particularly true for confidential texts to be translated. This is why Personal Translator has been selected as the preferred translation tool which requires no online connection to the outside world. So internal information remains where it belongs: within the company.

LEO.org is Germany’s most popular online dictionary and has a long-term cooperation with Linguatec. Since June 2017 LEO has switched to the latest Voice Reader technology using HTML5 audio instead of Flash Plugins. Users can now individually adjust speed and pitch of the pronunciation, making LEO more comfortable, secure and faster than ever.

When Deutschlandfunk decided to stop broadcasting shipping forecasts on short wave, German Meteorological Office was looking for a cost-efficient and flexible alternative. With Voice Reader weather forecasts are now automatically converted into audio and broadcast via DWD’s radio station in Pinneberg.
Three times daily on frequency 6180 KHz sailors can listen to weather forecasts and gale warnings for the North and Baltic Seas. Wilfried Behncke from DWD explains: “We want to broadcast comprehensive shipping forecasts for all forecast areas from the English Channel to the Gulf of Riga.” Linguatec sends greetings to all sailors and may there be always enough water under the keel.

You have a Typo 3 website and want to implement Voice Reader Web 15 to create an audio version of your website. Then download the comfortable Typo 3 extension and integrate our online screen reader easily on your website.

Sanofi Genzyme is one of the global leading companies in the field of biotechnology. After intensive evaluations Genzyme has chosen Voice Reader Studio 15 for text-to-speech conversion in its computer-based training courses for SAP end users. We are excited about this new cooperation.

DB Regio Bus Ost GmbH, a public transport company in East Germany, now count on the pleasant voices of Voice Reader Studio 15 and uses them for their station announcements. You will find a selection of customers in public transport on our reference page.