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Jan 29th 2015: Another FREE 30-Day Evaluation Available
Even if you have already tried the free 30-day evaluation of a previous version of Orpheus TTS or
Orpheus TTS Plus, you now have another free 30-day evaluation if you download version 3.06.
Go to http://speech.meridian-one.co.uk/products.html
download and try version 3.06 for FREE.
Dec 22nd 2014: Version 3.06 Released
Version 3.06 can be installed to a non-administrator user account provided
an administrator password is available to authorise installation.
Please download version 3.06, Orpheus TTS or
Orpheus TTS Plus to try Orpheus. Version 3.06
retains all the benefits of fast TTS and security of earlier versions.
Dec 8th 2014: Version 3.05 Release Fixes Install Problem
Version 3.05 fixes installation problems with 3.04. If you had trouble installing 3.04
please download version 3.05, Orpheus TTS or
Orpheus TTS Plus to fix this problem. Version 3.05
retains all the benefits of fast TTS and security of 3.04 and earlier versions.
Sept 19th 2014: More Security for Version 3.04
Build 114 of Orpheus v3.04 is code-signed with a certificate from
DigiCert, a globally trusted certification
authority. This is in addition to the pre-existing license protection and anti-tamper
measures from SoftWORKZ and built in hashing
protection built into Orpheus itself.
Aug 29th 2014: More Installation languages for Version 3.04 Released
German, French, Italian, Spanish and Croatian installation languages of Version 3.04 are
now released and available for download. The installation language is the language of the
installer, the Orpheus control panels and start menu items. Help remains in English.
Aug 7th 2014: Version 3.04 Released
Orpheus TTS and Orpheus TTS Plus Version 3.04 for Microsoft Windows 8, 7, Vista and XP
are now released. Download Version 3.04 to try for free with your
screen reader or any talking Windows application compatible with Microsoft Speech API v5.
Version 3.04 is a free update to any version 3 Orpheus and includes better performance
with MS Speech API and removes some occasional glitches in audio output.
Jan 31st 2014: Orpheus Licence Packs now Available
Low cost Home/Small Office and Site licence packs for Orpheus are now available
allowing unlimited use on three and ten machines respectively. Prices range from
£64.80 for an Orpheus TTS Home/Small Office licence pack to £300 for a Site Licence
for Orpheus TTS Plus.
Visit Products and Download for more details.
Jan 8th 2014: Version 3.03 Released
Orpheus TTS and Orpheus TTS Plus Version 3.03 for Microsoft Windows 8, 7, Vista and XP
are now released. Download Version 3.03 and try it out with popular
screen readers like NVDA and
Supernova
or any talking Windows application compatible with Microsoft Speech API v5.
Version 3.03 fixes a crash reported with NVDA on Windows 64 systems and includes improved
support for Unicode character sets: they are now correctly displayed in the Orpheus
(user lexicon) exceptions editor.
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Dec 4th 2013: Version 3.03 in Beta Test
Version 3 is being updated to apply some fixes also to be in 4.
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Mar 22nd 2013: Website Overhaul
This website has undergone a major overhaul and restructuring over the last few days.
We are sorry if some inconvenience was experienced by visitors to this site while
the changes were being made.
The site content is increased with more information about Meridian One and our consulting
activities. The speech and Orpheus section of the site is broadly unaltered and works as before
these changes.
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Mar 6th 2013: Progress on Croatian for Orpheus
Progress continues with Orpheus 4.01 and its Croatian and Hindi languages.
Work on rationalising some Croatian exceptions into the body of the Orpheus language
has begun.
More work remains to be done on the Hindi phonemes and phrase and sentence delivery.
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