====== Text-To-Speech ======

If you need to create a unique greeting file or any other notification in Cloud PBX but you do not have the opportunity to quickly make a studio recording, you can use the Text-to-Speech feature. Just prepare the text of the message and Cloud PBX will read it in any voice you like.




Listen to examples of what a greeting generated using the Text-to-Speech feature might sound like:
 

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This setting is available in all sections where playing a voice message by Cloud PBX takes place:




  * greetings for [[numbers|phone numbers]],


  * an offer to leave a message to a voicemail in the [[groups|Departments]] settings,


  * a notification that conversations with an employee can be [[record|recorded]],


  * a notification about forwarding to a personal manager in the [[crm|CRM integration]] settings.


Let's look at how to generate an audio message using the Text-to-Speech feature with the example of adding your own greeting for phone numbers. Similarly, you can create a message in any of the sections listed above.






====How to Convert a Text Message to an Audio File====



**1.** In the greeting settings, go to the **Text-to-Speech** tab and click the **Synthesize speech** button. 




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**2.** Enter your greeting text, select a voice to read it and click the **Synthesize speech** button.



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**3.** Listen to the generated voice message and make sure it sounds correct. Edit the text if necessary.




**To voice homograph words correctly**, use **+** before the stressed vowel: +object, obj+ect.




**To mark a pause between sentences**:




  *  Either use "‑".


<well> //To contact the branch, dial its extension number or stay on the line - I’m forwarding your call to the manager.// </well>




  * Or enter sil<[500]>, where 500 is the pause duration in milliseconds (500 ms = 0,5 s). We recommend that you select a value not more than 700 and not less than 200–300 ms.


<well> //To contact the branch, dial its extension number or stay on the line sil<[500]> I’m forwarding your call to the manager.//</well>






**Please note**: if you want to make a delay at the very beginning, you need to add a special symbol, for example #, to get #sil<[500]>.




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**4.** If you are satisfied with how Cloud PBX has voiced your greeting text, click the **Apply** button.




**5.** Now in the settings of a specific number in the **Greeting** section you can see what greeting your customer will hear when they call this number.


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**6.** Confirm replacing the greeting file by clicking the **Save** button at the bottom of the page.




You can change the greeting at any time by editing the message text on the **Text-to-Speech** tab. Also, you always have access to the standard greeting and the ability to upload up to 40 of your own [[greetings|greeting files]].