{"id":17178,"date":"2021-07-25T12:53:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-25T05:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nectec.or.th\/en\/?p=17178"},"modified":"2021-08-23T10:15:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T03:15:58","slug":"vaja8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nectec.or.th\/en\/innovation\/service-innovation\/vaja8.html","title":{"rendered":"Vaja 8.0 : A Thai\/English Text-to-speech Commercialized Software"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17178\" class=\"elementor elementor-17178\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3660389 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"3660389\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-92ce297\" data-id=\"92ce297\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5fa3d7f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5fa3d7f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d8eb38\" data-id=\"0d8eb38\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d16fc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d16fc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nectec.or.th\/en\/innovation\">Service Innovation<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a091d1a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a091d1a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-79152b4\" data-id=\"79152b4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32c2aa4 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"32c2aa4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8315\" class=\"elementor elementor-8315\" data-elementor-post-type=\"ae_global_templates\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c602d2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0c602d2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb23430\" data-id=\"fb23430\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61f4fb2 elementor-nav-menu__align-start elementor-nav-menu__text-align-center elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-tablet elementor-nav-menu--toggle elementor-nav-menu--burger elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"61f4fb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;vertical&quot;,&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;i class=\\&quot;fas fa-caret-down\\&quot; aria-hidden=\\&quot;true\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/i&gt;&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;fa-solid&quot;},&quot;toggle&quot;:&quot;burger&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu--main elementor-nav-menu__container elementor-nav-menu--layout-vertical e--pointer-background e--animation-grow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-1-61f4fb2\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu sm-vertical\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-17628\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nectec.or.th\/en\/service-innovation\" class=\"elementor-item\">Service Innovation<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-21213\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nectec.or.th\/en\/innovation-product-innovation\" class=\"elementor-item\">Product Innovation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-toggle\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Menu Toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"elementor-menu-toggle__icon--open eicon-menu-bar\"><\/i><i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"elementor-menu-toggle__icon--close eicon-close\"><\/i>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"elementor-nav-menu--dropdown elementor-nav-menu__container\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-2-61f4fb2\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu sm-vertical\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-17628\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nectec.or.th\/en\/service-innovation\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Service Innovation<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-21213\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nectec.or.th\/en\/innovation-product-innovation\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Product Innovation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e8bf306\" data-id=\"e8bf306\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ddc80d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ddc80d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"main\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div id=\"content\" class=\"content-area col-sm-9\"><article><header><h2>Vaja 8.0 : A Thai\/English Text-to-speech Commercialized Software<\/h2><\/header><\/article><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0750372 elementor-shape-square e-grid-align-left elementor-grid-0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-social-icons\" data-id=\"0750372\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"social-icons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-social-icons-wrapper elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-facebook elementor-animation-grow elementor-repeater-item-0645723\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Facebook<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-facebook\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-twitter elementor-animation-grow elementor-repeater-item-0c57861\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Twitter<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca00381 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ca00381\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/nectec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1271-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19992\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nectec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1271-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nectec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1271-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b27f6ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b27f6ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Spoken language is the most common communication tool used in daily life. Without laying eyes on a monitor or screen, speech technology helps synthesizing human-like sounds to transfer massage from a device to perceivers. Text-to-speech synthesis system are the practical intermediate tool for controlling a synthesizer. Using only a chuck of text, the system can generate synthetic sounds to commute with subjects, for example using a text for an automatic announcement system, which is more flexible than using a prior recorded speech.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5495d89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"5495d89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/ADN6KEt-3jE&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3eb05ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3eb05ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Vaja 8.0 is the newest version (2018) of Thai\/English text to speech synthesizer from NECTEC. It can give speech in two voices, female and male. It comprises of all three new reengineered parts. The whole system is reorganized to be able to work as plug-in modules. All parts are able to be replaced by any up-coming engine or language. In terms of technical challenges, text pre-processing part uses syllable-like unit in text segmentation instead of word. The grapheme to phoneme conversion part uses the new grapheme to phoneme conversion (G2P 3.0) which is a fully machine-learning module instead of using syllable-pattern dictation. Finally, speech synthesizer part uses linguistics information for storing and retrieving HMM models from a tree. The product is bundled and available on both Linux and Windows.<\/p><h4>Software features:<\/h4><ul><li>Output: Thai\/English synthetic reading speech<\/li><li>Text pre-processing: module for reading from dictation is available.<\/li><li>Speech quality sounds closer to human speech compared to that from previous version<\/li><li>Voice modification: able to tune volume and speed<\/li><li>API: UI and library<\/li><li>Voice:<ul><li>Name: Nok (female), A (male)<\/li><li>Language: Bilingual<\/li><li>Sample type: PCM, 44,100 Hz, 16 bits, Mono<\/li><li>Style: reading speech<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><h4>Hardware requirement<\/h4><ul><li>Operating system: Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10<\/li><li>RAM: 1 GB or higher<\/li><li>Available storage space: 100 MB or higher<\/li><li>Sound card: General sound card<\/li><\/ul><h4>Examples of VAJA ver. 2- 8<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f2924e elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"8f2924e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/hczI7tu4cg8&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af299d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af299d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><h4>Software specification:<\/h4><ul><li>Supported APIs<\/li><li>Provide text pre-processing tool such as grapheme-to-phoneme conversion<\/li><\/ul><h4>Application:<\/h4><ul><li>Able to be plugged-in to IVR system<\/li><li>Able to read e-book, email, or documents<\/li><li>Able to be used in queuing system or information support system<\/li><li>Able to be bundled in presentation or e-learning application<\/li><li>Able to be used in any responsive device<\/li><li>Able to be plugged-in screen reader<\/li><\/ul><h4>Availability:<\/h4><ul><li>Licensing<\/li><\/ul><h4>Research and development team:<\/h4><dl><dd>Speech and Audio Technology Laboratory (SPT, HCCRU)<\/dd><dd>email: sawit.kas[at]nectec.or.th<\/dd><\/dl><h4>Contact:<\/h4><dl><dt>Business and Technology Transfer<\/dt><dd>Tel: 0 2564 6900 ext 2346, 2351-2354, 2357, 2382, 2383, 2399<\/dd><dd>email: business[at]nectec.or.th<\/dd><\/dl><\/section>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dbe01d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6dbe01d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/nectec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/VAJA8_Poster_small-2-212x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-20000\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nectec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/VAJA8_Poster_small-2-212x300.jpeg 212w, https:\/\/nectec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/VAJA8_Poster_small-2-724x1024.jpeg 724w, https:\/\/nectec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/VAJA8_Poster_small-2-768x1086.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/nectec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/VAJA8_Poster_small-2-1086x1536.jpeg 1086w, https:\/\/nectec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/VAJA8_Poster_small-2-1448x2048.jpeg 1448w, https:\/\/nectec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/VAJA8_Poster_small-2-scaled.jpeg 1810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc6711b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc6711b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"padding-left: 360px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nectec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/VAJA8_Poster_small.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poster : VAJA 8.0<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34a0d1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34a0d1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tags\">\u00a0<\/div><p class=\"pull-right\" style=\"padding-left: 680px;\">September-11-2018 16:26<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vaja 8.0 is the newest version (2018) of Thai\/English text to synthesizer from NECTEC. It can give speech in two voices, female and male It comprises of all three new reengineered parts. The whole system is reorganized to be able to work as plug-in modules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[280,279,278],"class_list":["post-17178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-service-innovation","tag-nectec","tag-text-to-speech","tag-vaja-8-0"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nectec.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nectec.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nectec.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nectec.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nectec.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nectec.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nectec.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nectec.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nectec.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nectec.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}