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

[Ben Overbaugh]

seems like if the cap is being sent with blank audio, that sort of implies
that the encoder can include audio.

Ben Overbaugh, CBRE (He/Him)
Chief Engineer
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Office: 480-774-8412 <(480)774-8412>


On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 4:10 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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