subject: Promatrix Inc Review [print this page] VoiceOver PowerPoint is the quickest way to add narration to a PowerPoint presentation. In fact, you will use MS-Word to author the narration, then integrate the Word document's speech and subtitles, into PowerPoint. It only takes minutes.
The object model, for the VoiceOver Speech Sequence, opens up many possibilities for application using speech synthesis technology. VoiceOver PowerPoint is based on Speech Sequencer Technology and utilizes the best features. By using the VoiceOver Speech Sequencer to create the narration for your presentations, you will able to integrate with PowerPoint, any video editor, and the Video Explorer. for VoiceOver PowerPoint, You will have full control of such properties as topic start time, duration, volume, and etc..
Two plug-ins make the integration possible. the VoiceOver MS-Word Plug-in and the VoiceOver PowerPoint Plug-in. The VoiceOver MS-Word Plug-in extends the functionality of Microsoft Word, and the VoiceOver PowerPoint Plug-in extends PowerPoint. Both of these plug-ins share a common database where the Voiceover information is stored. The result is a solution that performs like one combined application, a word processor and a presentation editor with integrated VoiceOver.
VoiceOver PowerPoint is just one example of an application which is using the Speech Sequencer Technology. Another example is the Video Explorer. It allows you to search a series of videos for keyword and starts playing the video at the exact location you are looking for. It accomplishes this by using the VoiceOver Speech Sequencer to create the Video Explorer database. The solution ends the complexity of indexing a video track to find and display subtitles.
Most text to speech systems have the same problems pronouncing certain words.
Either you spell the words correctly, and the speech system pronounces it wrong, or you spell it wrong, and the speech system pronounces it correctly. The Speech Sequencer's design differs in how it separates the narration from the subtitles.
