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Best Voice to Text Download for XTX5000 channel announcement
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APX Voice Announcement - Website to create WAV voice files
Can anyone suggest a website that they use to generate the voice announcement WAV files for the APX CPS? I am looking for something that would allow me to create and download WAV files that are in the right format to be converted directly to Motorola VA format as shown below. Required settings...
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Hello all! I recently picked up a nice XTS5000 off of eBay and it comes with channel announcements programmed on the Flashcode. However, only one channel has an announcement so far. Does anyone have a good text to speech website I can use to get clear channel announcements without the annoyance...
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I created a Python script that utilizes Amazon's Polly TTS engine to generate TTS mp3 files then automatically sample them down and convert them to the WAV format that the CPS needs.
There is some setup required (installing the required modules and signing up for Amazon Polly + installing the credentials) but I feel like it has to most natural-sounding voice announcements versus any other method. Example here: Vocaroo | Online voice recorder
If you'd like I can upload the Python script to Github or similar.
There is some setup required (installing the required modules and signing up for Amazon Polly + installing the credentials) but I feel like it has to most natural-sounding voice announcements versus any other method. Example here: Vocaroo | Online voice recorder
If you'd like I can upload the Python script to Github or similar.
Having tried voice announcement, and not using it anymore, take my advice: Use it sparingly. Keep your voice files as short and simple as possible. "One" is tolerable, "Channel one" gets very annoying very quickly. You'll have to hear that file EVERY TIME you switch to that channel. It WILL get repetitive. It's a cool feature...for 30 seconds. After that it's an irritant.
If you're actually forced to change channels when not looking at the radio, the VA feature is practical. Otherwise I'd just skip it.
If you're actually forced to change channels when not looking at the radio, the VA feature is practical. Otherwise I'd just skip it.
I oversee a county with 2800+ APX's and every radio has VX Announce. Depending upon user, there are upwards of 400 vx files in radio. If the user doesn't like VX Announce, they can disable via MUTE Menu item.
Per your comment. Public safety users love it because they can switch channels/talkgroups and have audible confirmation of where the selector landed. (And not have to pull radio out of turnout gear or holster to view display)
For more basic users, it is a full verbal announcement of what is very likely a jumble of letters/acronym displayed on their radio.
YMMV.
That's its purpose, primarily. So you can know what channel you're on when you are in a situation where you won't want to or be able to see the radio's display or knob position. Super useful for firefighters that are fully geared up and have to switch the radio to the fireground 2 channel, for example. It's certainly a very useful feature for such situations and I've never said otherwise.
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