Frequently asked questions
Radio quality of IVONA Voices with the sampling rate of 22 kHz causes that they are perfectly fit for providing sound to all types of presentations and movies as well as interactive forms of advertising. IVONA Multimedia has been developed for commercial applications and is perfect when there is a need for automated speech generation for mass purposes. The product may be used in any project, which requires the highest quality speech synthesis technology. Speech is generated to a sound file.
About IVONA Voice
- What requirements must my computer meet to use IVONA Voices?
- Will I be able to use the voice in my text-reader application?
- Is there a version of a text-to-speech application for individual users of Linux?
- For a couple of years I have been using an application which allows me to use text-to-speech applications. This program,
however, does not recognise any IVONA voices. They are visible in other applications though
(e.g. IVONA Player, IVONA Reader), which allow me to use them.
Why can’t I use your voices in my old application? - I would like to buy one voice, and not in electronic version, but on CD.
Is it possible? What is the price of such a version?
About IVONA Reader
- How do I get the latest IVONA Reader version activation key?
- How to enter the IVONA Reader activation key?
- Is a version planned for other operating systems (MacOS, Linux, Symbian, Windows Mobile)?
- Is there going to be a palmtop version?
- What file formats are compatible with IVONA Reader?
- Will audio files created using IVONA Reader work on my mp3 player?
- How do I install IVONA Reader on my iPod?
- What do I need to watch a film with a voiceover?
- How to configure AllPlayer with IVONA Reader?
- Is AllPlayer the only movie player compatible with IVONA Reader?
- I've got IVONA Reader with an English voice. What do I have to do to use a Polish voice with the program?
- Can I use IVONA Reader in my company to read legal materials, reports, emails?
- Can I install IVONA Reader on two computers at the same time with only one licence?
- Can I use the voice generated by IVONA Reader in my company or organization using it, for example, on a website, in a presentation, on a switchboard?
- Can I use IVONA Reader to fully voice-over a computer station for the blind or partially-sighted?
- How many workstations can I use IVONA Reader on under the licence?
- I have purchased the electronic version of IVONA Reader. Can I copy the installation application on a CD?
- What does the full version do compared to the Trial?
- Why is IVONA Reader much cheaper than the IVONA Rehabilitation Package?
About IVONA Recording
- Will there be more voices available at IVONA Recordings?
- What technical requirements do I have to meet to install your product?
- Sometimes while listening to the text in the editor I can hear some quite long breaks between sentences. Will those breaks also appear in the audio files I generate?
- What format are the audio files created at IVONA Recordings?
- I would like to record an announcement for a telephone exchange. Which file format should I choose?
- Which file format (mp3 or wav) should I choose for a website?
- I've recorded an announcement for a telephone exchange using your website. I've selected a voice of a higher quality (wav, 22kHz) hoping that it would sound the same in a phone receiver. However, the voice sounds very poor in a receiver. Why?
- Is it possible to receive an invoice for the recordings bought at your website?
- How to change the speed and volume of the text being read?
- After charging my account with PayPal, my account at IVONA Recordings has not been changed. What should I do in this case?
- Which programming language enables connection with IVONA Recordings API?
- How can I change stress in a word?
- The text-to-speech solution reads words including “si”, “rz” etc. incorrectly. Can I change this?
- When can I select the recording format?
About IVONA WebReader
- What is IVONA WebReader?
- What do I get if I apply the text-to-speech solution to my website?
- What is the result of applying the text-to-speech solution to my website?
- Does IVONA WebReader require installing any components on the server?
- How long does it take to apply the text-to-speech solution to my entire website?
- Does the text which will be read by the player need preparing in any special manner?
- Am I limited to only one appearance of the player on all of my webpages?
- Do I have to synthesize text of each new article/post separately?
- Our website is very dynamic. Each day new articles are added, also the existing contents are modified. Will IVONA WebReader manage to service our website?
- Is there any maximum text length which can be read by WebReader?
- Can I make the speech-synthesis process automatic?
- Should I once again synthesize the article text (i.e. once again generate the player code) after I changed it?
- Do I need programming skills to synthesize my website?
- Is the visitor who intends to use the player going to be redirected to ivona.com?
- Are any files going to be downloaded to my server and does the option of listening to the webpages use my internet connection?
- Can I synthesize text on the entire website (including interface) with IVONA WebReader?
- Must the webpage I would like to apply the text-to-speech solution to conform to W3C standards?
- Can the website visitor choose among voices with which the text is going to be read?
- The article contents on my webpage contain HTML tags. Will the player read them, too?
Personal use
- How long does the IVONA Voice trial version work?
- How do I get IVONA Voice activation key?
- How to enter the IVONA voice activation key?
- Can I register my IVONA voice?
- What does the IVONA Voice offer?
- When buying single voices, can i save the read text as mp3 or is it possible only using the IVONA Reader application?
- I would like IVONA to read movie subtitles for me. Is it possible?
- How do I configure CinemaPlayer to watch movies with IVONA voice-over?
Commercial use
- Can I use IVONA Reader in my company to read legal materials, reports, emails?
- Can I use the voice generated by IVONA Voice in my company or organization using it, for example, on a website, in a presentation, on a switchboard?
- I intend to make a commercial use of the voiceover recordings. I checked your IVONA Recordings service. However, I’m looking for a solution that will allow me to create offline recordings. Can I find an application that would meet my requirements in the IVO Software offer?
Possible problems
- Having reinstalled WindowsXP on my computer, I lost the IVONA Voice program. How can I recover it?
- How do I recover IVONA activation key I lost?
- The way IVONA reads some words is different from what I would like. Is there any way to change it?
- Your voices generate sound files at sampling frequency of 22 kHz. It turns out that the program I need recordings for accepts only 14456 Hz (mono). How can I change the sampling frequency of the generated file?
- My IVONA voice suddenly stopped speaking. Nothing happens when I try to read text. No error message appears. What may be the reason?