TTS for DTB Pilot - Request for Information

Description: The contractor shall design software to automate the construction of digital talking books compliant with ANSI/NISO Z39.86-2002 and NLS specifications 1202, 1203, 1205, 1206 and D standards. The software shall be capable of generating digital talking books from commercial audiobooks with pre-existing audio files, as well as from electronic text source materials that do not include pre-existing audio. The software shall automate the synthesis of speech from provided announcement scripts and/or the electronic text source materials. Commercial Audiobooks with Supplemental Synthetic Speech Announcements: The contractor shall design and implement an automated tool to create digital talking books (DTBs) from commercial audiobooks with pre-existing audio files. At a minimum, the tool shall: Access NLS repositories containing source audiobooks. Extract catalog information and metadata associated with the source audiobooks. See attached file.