EchoIdentsTTS

EchoIdentsTTS

Ver 2.1

Windows XP & TTS speech Application No registration need Free to use

EchoIdentsTTS is a simple to use Windows XP utility that allows the Sysop/Owner of a Repeater or Link to send Information to their RF users. Curtsy Tone, Fan Control and many more options that make your Repeater/Link sound great. The program runs alongside EchoLink and uses the Microsoft Speech engine.

Initial Setup

Download the EchoIdentsTTS.zip software into a directory unzip the software (1 file) and run. There is no installing the software simply put the file anywhere and run it ( Mine is on the desktop )

I used NeoSpeech voices from http://www.nextup.com. I found Kate16 to be the best.

Check in your Control Panel for the speech Icon and that your Text to Speech is working first before running EchoTTS. I have not tried it on any of the other windows. If you have and it works let me know. Check out the Microsoft web site Microsoft Speech SDK 5.1 for more information.

All Text Boxes

Enter text into the appropriate boxes that you want EchoTTS to say.

You will find that you will need to manipulate some of the words to make them sound right. the use of the (.) Period (,) comma (:) colon (;) semi colon will put delays in the speech. Use the upper case to say call signs like E I 4 J R , E:I:4:J:R or Echo India 4 Juliet Romeo . I'm sure you will have fun getting it to say what you want. (I did)

Voice Ident Callsign

You callsign can be entered in upper case like "EI3CARR" or "E:I:3:C:A:R:R" Useing the ":" puts a delay between the letters of the call when spoken. I prefer my beacon sent phonetically "Echo India 3 Charlie Alpha Romeo Romeo, link : On .". Beacon time is set in minuets. There are 2 buttons to say the callsign with or without PTT.

CW Ident Callsign

Enter your callsign for the CW Ident and PL tone. The QRA locator can also be put here as well Can be entered in like

"EI3CARR A" or "EI3CARR IO65JG A" A is my PL tone. The idents are set in minuets. A tick box is provided to turn them off if required. If the tick box is ticked the CW ident will play if stations are talking or not.

Time Periods

To the right of the text box is where you can set the time for your text to be spoken. The time is entered in minuets. Under the time period box is the count down in seconds. If the Repeater / Link is RF busy at the time the beacon is due then it is ignored and the counter is reset to the selected beacon time

Speak Text plus PTT

This button will enable you to Transmit the contents of the text box when pressed.

Say Text No PTT

This button will enable you to hear the contents of the text locally. This will not be transmitted

Clear

This button will clear the text box

InfoText Box

This text is sent using the timer setting when selected

Favourites

2 favourite stations can be stored here and can be connected or disconnected at the click of a button, There is an option when ticked to stay connected to the station. The stay connected ticks are not saved and have to be ticked when the program is started.

Say Info Text

When the appropriate box ticked will say the Information text box Hourly Quarterly or Half Hourly

Say The Time

When the appropriate box ticked will say the time Hourly Quarterly or Half Hourly

Say The Time Button

Says the time

Say Station Con / Disc

When this tick box is ticked announces the station that connects and disconnects. There is also an option that will announce the time a station connects or disconnects

Announce Stations When they Con/Disc

When ticked this option will transmit to your users the stations that have connected or disconnected.

Courtesy Tone

The courtesy end of over ident letter of your choice can be entered in the appropriate box. One can be selected for the RF user I normally use a "K" for this and the internet user I use the "I". The hang Time and Anti-Kerchunker times are set in Milliseconds

Fan Control

If this option is ticked and the transmitter is in operation due to internet traffic the DTR on the com port is set active and will remain on till the preset time has elapsed.

Turn ID off after time period

In VK Land (Australia ) when the system is not in use they have to turn off there ID after a period of none use so this option enables you to turn off the ID after a set period of none use of the node.

DTMF Auto Connect

This option enables the auto connect function to the enabled or disabled using DTMF

Call History

This option enables you to see the connections to your node.

DTMF Settings

Callsigns

Simply add Callsigns, Links, Repeaters or Conferences

Con / Disc Button

This option will connect or disconnect the selected station. This is the little button to the right of the DTMF field. Click one to connect and click again to disconnect

DTMF

Enter the DTMF codes that you want the users to use.

The single callsign DTMF will connect or disconnect a station when used

The Group callsigns can be connected with one DTMF and Disconnected with another DTMF.

DTMF For Time

Enter the DTMF Code for the RF user to enter to find out what the time is.

DTMF Help Text

DTMF codes for your RF users can call for simple help / Information. 70 Chars per field

Save Changes

This button will save all your changes to any of the fields.

Be aware your text will only be saved to where you have used the carriage return (Enter) key so avoid using it if you want to save your text.

Exit/Save Data

This button will save all your changes to any of the fields then exit the program.

Be aware your text will only be saved to where you have used the carriage return (Enter) key so avoid using it if you want to save your text.

I hope you find the program useful

Donations are always welcome to help with the upkeep and advancement of the Repeaters & Software

Peter EI4JR

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Page Updated on 06/10/2007