Archangelis s.a. Introduces ARCHANGELIS.Business Editors BRUSSELS, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 2000 The Belgian company Archangelis s.a. introduces ARCHANGELIS, a revolutionary plug-in which adds voices to Web pages. http://www.archangelis.com -------------------------- With a single click or by passing over the link, the surfer hears a voice and Internet becomes audio-visual. The plug-in and speech code, enabling the integration of messages on Web pages, are free. Though there exist many programs allowing the transfer of sound files via Internet, web pages have remained mute mute (my  t), in music, device designed to diminish uniformly the loudness of a musical instrument. until just recently.
Today, the Web has a voice!
Based on the recent voice synthesizing technologies, ARCHANGELIS associates a voice to Web pages. By clicking on a hypertext hypertext, technique for organizing computer databases or documents to facilitate the nonsequential retrieval of information. Related pieces of information are connected by preestablished or user-created links that allow a user to follow associative trails across the link or by passing over it, by completing a field or by passing to any other area of the Web page defined by the developer, the surfer instantly activates a voice and hears specific information which guides him or her in their navigation. The Web therefore becomes more user-friendly. To gain access to the voice, the surfer only needs to download, free-of-charge, a plug-in of +/- 2MB, entirely compatible with Explorer and Netscape under Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000 and MacOS 8.6 or higher platforms, and will soon be available for Linux. The use of ARCHANGELIS 1.0 is not compulsory. If the surfer does not wish to install the plug-in, the Web pages still remain fully accessible. The Aligner program creates the required speech codes for the ARCHANGELIS plug-in. Text is automatically transformed into a vocal message. If you find the voice too synthetic, advanced functions will allow you to modify the intonation intonation In phonetics, the melodic pattern of an utterance. Intonation is primarily a matter of variation in the pitch level of the voice (see tone), but in languages such as English, stress and rhythm are also involved. as well as the elocution speed. The developer can also record his or her pronunciation and phrasing. Various other personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. developments are possible depending on the developers' skills and familiarity with JavaScript. Five languages are now accessible in both male and female voices: English, French, Dutch, Spanish and German. Each voice exists in a compressed and downloadable version (+/- 2MB), as well as in a more realistic and less compressed version (+/- 10MB), available only on CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). or FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to . All Archangelis products may be freely distributed. Additional languages, such as Portuguese, Korean, and Japanese, are currently under development. The use of the program is free of charge for non-profit and non-governmental Web sites. On the other hand, commercial and institutional Web sites should buy and register an Archangelis license available for 750 Euros. Archangelis has also launched "ARCHANGELIZER." The server provides a solution to the continual increase of information on today's Web sites and various Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. (portals, Web e-mails See Internet e-mail service. , etc.). Requiring no other intervention than its installation, ARCHANGELIZER is easily integrated into your server's information process and automatically converts the information to be presented on your Web site into high-quality speech codes. By favoring the free use of ARCHANGELIS on non-commercial Web sites, Archangelis' objective is to spread the technology as quickly as possible such that it becomes the standard in Web-based synthetic voices. Various foreground foreground - (Unix) On a time-sharing system, a task executing in foreground is one able to accept input from and return output to the user in contrast to one running in the background. portals and commercial companies have already manifested great interest for the product. |
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