        Notes on Orpheus TTS and Orpheus TTS Plus Version 3.04
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Version 3 History

v3.04, Build 114
NEW	Self-ectracting exe, MSI and instaled executables (exe and dll files) now code-signed.
FIX	Croatian user agreement translated (was still English)

v3.04, Build 113
NEW	French, German, Italian and Spanish editions added

v3.04, Build 112
FIX	Yet More translations in Croatian edition.  Unicode Prompt files. Pre-release french Installation included.

v3.04, Build 111
FIX	More translations in Croatian edition.  This version was released, but without Croatian.

v3.04, Build 110
FIX	Test translations in Croatian edition

v3.04, Build 109
FIX	Additional translations in Croatian edition

v3.04, Build 108
NEW	Includes a preview of Hindi (intended for release with 4.01)
NEW	Includes a transaltion of the control panel into Croatian
NEW	Simple text reader available form start menu
FIX	Speeds up SAPI response
FIX	Remove some occassional glitches in the audio output


You may install either Orpheus TTS Plus, which includes all concatenative and synthetic voices, or the much smaller Orpheus TTS which includes synthetic voices only and all drivers.  Both packages support SAM, SAPI4 and SAPI5.

The self extracting exe download files are:
OrpPlus001SUW32_v304.exe - U S English Orpheus TTS Plus 3.04, with all voices.
OrpPlus033SUW32_v304.exe - French Orpheus TTS Plus 3.04, with all voices.
OrpPlus034SUW32_v304.exe - Spanish Orpheus TTS Plus 3.04, with all voices.
OrpPlus038SUW32_v304.exe - Croatian Orpheus TTS Plus 3.04, with all voices.
OrpPlus039SUW32_v304.exe - Italian Orpheus TTS Plus 3.04, with all voices.
OrpPlus044SUW32_v304.exe - U K English Orpheus TTS Plus 3.04, with all voices.
OrpPlus049SUW32_v304.exe - German Orpheus TTS Plus 3.04, with all voices.

Orp001SUW32_v304.exe     - U S English Orpheus TTS 3.04, with synthetic voices only.
Orp033SUW32_v304.exe     - French Orpheus TTS 3.04, with synthetic voices only.
Orp034SUW32_v304.exe     - Spanish Orpheus TTS 3.04, with synthetic voices only.
Orp038SUW32_v304.exe     - Croatian Orpheus TTS 3.04, with synthetic voices only.
Orp039SUW32_v304.exe     - Italian Orpheus TTS 3.04, with synthetic voices only.
Orp044SUW32_v304.exe     - U K English Orpheus TTS 3.04, with synthetic voices only.
Orp049SUW32_v304.exe     - German Orpheus TTS 3.04, with synthetic voices only.

OrpSamDrv_v302.exe         - SAM driver for 3.0x Orpheus TTS & Orpheus TTS Plus. Install to a Dolphin\SAM folder.
MSSapi5.exe                - SAPI5 runtime and universal phoneme set.
M1CBetaAgreement.doc       - Beta test licence agreement, please read before using the beta.
BetaReleaseNotesBuild114.txt - Information about this build.


Installing Orpheus.
Before installing. start Add-Remove Programs and de-install any previous betas of Orpheus.

Decide if you want Orpheus TTS or Orpheus TTS Plus.  Go to the Meridian web site beta download page at:
 https://secure.meridian-one/downloads/beta
Select the package for your preferred installation language, and download to a temporary folder on your PC.
Run the self-extracting exe install package from there.  It will unpack and launch Microsoft installer.


Working with Dolphin SAM products.
To use Orpheus with Dolphin SAM compatible talking software, you also need to install OrpSamDrv_v302, (the Orpheus sAM driver for all Orpheus 3.x.).
Install this to an OrpSAMDrv sub-folder under SAM; SAM looks for all its drivers there.  If you have installed SAM to its default location, this is:
C:\Program Files\Dolphin\SAM or equivalent in your locale.

If you have installed SAM to another folder, edit the install location shown when installer runs to the actual SAM folder.
SAM will detect the Orpheus driver when it next starts.  If SAM is running, press "scan for all devices" to detect the new driver.
see the current Dolphin SAM documentation for details.


Working with MS SAPI 5.
Install MSSapi5 only to a Windows XP or later system if you need to ensure your system has the SAPI5 universal phoneme set installed.
Your system may not speak all languages under SAPI5 if the universal phoneme set is not installed.


Activation Testing.
During installation, Orpheus runs the Orpheus configuration manager, OConfig.exe, which pops-up the activation page.
This has three buttons, Evaluate Now, Buy Activation Now and Activate Now. 

Evaluate Now Button:
If you have already evaluated a previous Orpheus of 3.0x and the 30 day Evaluation period has expired, you will not be able to evaluate again.
Pressing Evaluate Now gives an error "Activation Code Expired".  This is CORRECT operation.

Buy Activation Now:
Press this to take you to the meridian-one website to buy you activation code.  If testing, you will have been supplied a code from Meridian One.

Activate Now Button:
Please activate with your purchased or test activation code for Orpheus TTS or Orpheus TTS Plus.
You can easily copy and paste your activation code into the relevant field of the activation dialog.
Please answer all the questions, your email address is needed if the code needs to be resent.

Note:
If you choose not to evaluate or activate, Orpheus runs in 20 minute timed-mode. You may run OConfig from the start menu at any time to Evaluate or Activate later.



Known Issues & Tips.
1) Although, Orpheus TTS and Orpheus TTS Plus, version 3.04,
   work alongside older versions, this not recommended as the SAPI voice allocation can then seem confusing.
2) Voices created in the Orpheus Voice Editor are NOT automatically made available to SAPI5.
3) SAPI 4 and 5 do not support Visemes.
4) Orpheus 3.04 does not support use on a removable (Pen or thumb) drive.


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