Meine eigene Stimme

Product Type:
Speech synthesizer

Areas of Application:
- as a personalized communication aid for people at risk of losing their voice
- as a communication aid for patients with neurological illnesses such as ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), MS (multiple sclerosis) or Parkinson's disease, in which paresis occurs in the mouth
- as an alternative or replacement for sound generators when the use of sound generators is not possible
e.g. in the case of aphonia, voicelessness or laryngectomized patients who cannot or cannot control their oesophageal voice. E.g. in cases of aphonia, voicelessness or laryngectomized people who have no or insufficient control of their esophageal voice and for whom the use of an internal or external sound generator is not possible (people at risk of losing their voice)

Description:
"My own voice" is a speech synthesis software with integrated text editor and integrated sentence table for use as a communication aid in conjunction with a PC or tablet. The program makes it possible to convert any text entered into speech ('text-to-speech') and have it pronounced in German using the user's own voice. This requires voice recordings of the user before voice loss.

For people who are at risk of losing their voice: A voice recording lasting approximately three hours should be carried out first. At a later stage, when those affected can only express themselves with insufficient intelligibility, the recorded voice is inserted into a software program so that they can continue to communicate with their own voice.

Features / components:
Speech synthesis:
- Speech synthesis produced individually on the basis of professionally guided voice recordings
- Speech synthesis with own voice possible (or also from close people)
- Volume, word emphasis, echo effect adjustable
- Editable exception dictionary for special or deviating pronunciation can be created

Program functions:
- Output of text entered in the integrated editor possible
- word emphasis of the entered text can be changed
- copying and pasting of text from other applications possible
- text input with connected keyboard or with on-screen keyboard possible
- interface with SAPI-5 capable programs possible
- output of pre-saved sentences possible
- individually pre-saved sentences can be extended as required in secondary windows
- sentence table with 8 categories with a maximum of 20 sentences each, of which 1 category (20 sentences) can be freely assigned
- short keys for all program functions

Recording:
- Duration of voice recording: approx. 3 - 4 hours
- the recording is usually made on site at the (future) user's premises

Languages:
- German
- Spanish

System requirements "My own voice":
- Notebook
- Operating system up to Windows 10
- Free hard disk space approx. 130 MB
- USB connection
- Sound card

Price (without guarantee):
The price is available on request from the manufacturer / distributor.