[EAS] Test-To-Speech must be allowed - NOW!

[Lotus Engineering]

      Someone correct me if I'm wrong on this, but I seem to remember from my brief study of the algorithms used in the CAP process, there can be multiple parts to the data transmission, such that separate language, i.e. English and Spanish, TTS can be inserted in what the individual stations receive.  It's a matter of which message the decoder selects to run on that receiving machine.  Two of my 6 stations are Hispanic and I would love to be able to set up the Sage units I have in those stations to TTS convert a separate Spanish announcement rather than the one message being in both English and Spanish.  Of the Las Vegas Hispanic population a large percentage do not speak English, and I suspect the audience for our Hispanic stations is composed largely of them.  Those who are Bi-lingual, will get it if we send it in Spanish only and anyone listening to those stations is unlikely to be English only.

Bill

Bill Croghan CPBE WBØKSW
Chief Engineer,
Lotus Broadcasting, Las Vegas, NV
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From: eas-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:eas-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Sean Donelan

Does anyone have sample audio recordings of the text to speech output of all the current CAP systems for comparison?  Preferably with a complex text message including emergency directions in english and other languages instead of a simple "this is a test."

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