XPR voice announcements programming with RM

[19sargeusmc56]

This is my first time adding voice announcement files to a trbo radio.
I have a Cap Max radio here, so I have to program it with RM. I have valid 8KHz, 16 bit PCM mono MVA files here, that I converted to MVA from WAV using APX software. I used APX because I don't see a way to do that with RM.

Anyway, RM tells me the4 VA files are invalid for some reason, and they don't upload.

 

[Firebuff880]

Well,

CPS and RM do not use MVA externally; you need to create a WAV file and import it properly. I feed a CSV of Channel names into AWS Poly to create an MP3, then use Audacity to create the appropriate WAV for Import.

----------- My Notes -
Since this format may not always be available, you have the ability to point the CPS to a .wav (Windows Audio) file with: 16 bits per sample; 8 KHz sampling rate; mono and no bigger than 320kb. The CPS will convert .wav into .mva automatically.

To avoid issues with distortion, the audio level should be around -16dB with peaks no more than -4dB. There is sufficient memory in the radio to support a total of 500 seconds of Voice Announcements. This equates to approximately 8Mb of .wav files.
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[KE4ZNR]

We here in NC have been generous enough to have an online Text to speech website which will create wav files for you which can then be used with any number of public safety radio types:
FirstTech TTS Service | ncbroadband.gov

 

[19sargeusmc56]

Well,

CPS and RM do not use MVA externally; you need to create a WAV file and import it properly. I feed a CSV of Channel names into AWS Poly to create an MP3, then use Audacity to create the appropriate WAV for Import.

----------- My Notes -
Since this format may not always be available, you have the ability to point the CPS to a .wav (Windows Audio) file with: 16 bits per sample; 8 KHz sampling rate; mono and no bigger than 320kb. The CPS will convert .wav into .mva automatically.

To avoid issues with distortion, the audio level should be around -16dB with peaks no more than -4dB. There is sufficient memory in the radio to support a total of 500 seconds of Voice Announcements. This equates to approximately 8Mb of .wav files.
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I have wav files rtg. How do they get imported into RM? I tried to get help from Mot, but because I have an old version of RM, they told me the 1st thing I gotta do is update.