[sbe-eas] Question -- are EAS alerts required to contain audio, or can they rely on stations' text-to-speech converters?

[Harold Price]

There is no part 11 requirement for text to speech, however, all modern EAS
devices support english.  Some also support other languages. There is no
requirement that originators provide audio. though many do.

If a CAP alert contains text in the description or instruction elements,
but does not contain a suitable audio resource element, the text will be
rendered as text to speech if the user's device supports that language, and
if Text to Speech is enabled.

Do you have a time and date for a CAP message that resulted in no audio?  I
can check the archive and see if there is anything unusual about it.

Harold


On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 6:10 PM Mike Langner <mlangner at swcp.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone !
>
> May I please ask a question --
>
> Our New Mexico Department of Homeland Security tells me that their IPAWS
> origination equipment won’t accept a spoken message in the alert.
>
> As a result, alerts go out from time to time with data, alert tone, and
> dead air.
>
> Are all EAS participants required to have text-to-speech converters?  Are
> IPAWS originating points required to be able to, and to place verbal spoken
> information in alerts?  Or is this an undefined “gray” area?
>
> Many thanks for your guidance!
>
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