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SANEF
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SANEF Success Stories
Acapela Group voice-enables Eliott, SANEF's automatic traffic information assistant
SANEF (Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France), designer and operator of motorway infrastructures, toll equipment, traffic management and Telecoms, has chosen Acapela Group, to voice-enable Eliott, its automated traffic information assistant, on the French traffic radio, 107.7 FM.
The Eliott service handles, on the 11pm-6am time slot, the continuity of real-time traffic information broadcast on 107.7 radio. An on-call radio presenter deals with any exceptional incidents. With Eliott, SANEF has launched the world's first regular traffic information radio system to use an automated information service.
This new service is responsible for broadcasting and commenting upon real-time traffic information. By using speech synthesis, SANEF ensures 24-7 availability and guarantees that the information broadcast after working hours is reliable to provide better and safer driving conditions.
"The Eliott service is not a gimmick. It's a key tool for our operations, traffic management and safety activities. Broadcasting traffic information through speech synthesis in an automated manner allows us to guarantee up-to-date information is provided in real-time, 24-7 and therefore makes our operations more efficient." underlines Jean-Luc Pierrepont, in charge of SANEF Traffic Management.
Acapela 's text to speech was tuned by the SANEF team to meet the specific requirements in terms of traffic vocabulary. The contents of the messages are designed to be completely versatile to make sure the announcements are as intelligible as possible for the drivers travelling on the SANEF network.
Thanks to Eliott, SANEF preserves the Traffic Management Center operators' main activities. They can now stay focused on event management without being burdened with extra tasks. SANEF was recently awarded a 'technology toll excellence award' by the IBTTA ('International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association') for this world's first achievement. And when Acapela's Text to Speech is chatting away on 107.7 about traffic information on the SANEF network, the fact that many new application fields can benefit from high-end speech synthesis speaks for itself.
