Map Télécom : Real time traffic bulletin in Paris and its suburbs with Acapela.

Map Telecom, the voice services division of the Monaco Telecom Group, has chosen Acapela to speech-enable its high-end value-added services and highlight its customer content. Arval PHH Itinéraire, the IVR System developed by Map Telecom for Arval PHH, a major worldwide player in operational leasing and company car management, is a first example of successful deployment of Acapela High Quality text to speech in Map Telecom projects.

Acapela Group high end text to speech reads the "flash info" available on the IVR System in real time, with a clear and intelligible voice to find out, at anytime, the traffic status in Paris and its area. Accessible 24/7 and subscription-free, this info-traffic service allows any driver to identify and bypass the traffic jams thanks to up to date information.

Acapela speech synthesis reads any written information including all the proper names and abbreviations applications such as info-traffic can have to deal with, for an optimal and reliable restitution of information. Acapela High Quality TTS delivers a complete and rich bulletin, constantly updated, and solves costly and constraining recording problems, delivering prompts that have never been so close to human voice recordings.

Set up in partnership with Cofiroute, this service combines text to speech technology with speech recognition, offering a voice-driven dialogue interface.

Map Telecom concentrates its skills on application aspects related to IVR and offers turnkey solutions to take full benefit of the new revenue opportunities offered by speech technologies.