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The .VIF index file contains basic information about the voice such as language and gender. This is displayed when selecting a voice on the device. It is recommended that you include these details in the .VIF file.
| 1. | Open the .VIF file using a text editor. |
A .VIF file can have 7 lines. The conversion tool you have used to create the file will have created the first two lines already.
Line 1 – Name (old style, may be left empty for newest software)
Line 2 – Filename of the corresponding .chk file
Line 3 – Name
Line 4 – Number representing gender
Line 5 – Number representing language
Line 6 – Number representing flag
Line 7 – Version number
Name – This is the name of your voice, which can be between one and eight characters long.
Filename of the .CHK file – The filename created in our example is data75.chk.
Number representing gender – ‘0’ = young, ‘1 ’= female, ‘2’ = male.
Number representing language – Enter a number according to the following table:
0 English
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22 South African
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1 Deutsch
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23 Simplified Chinese
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2 English US
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24 Traditional Chinese
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3 Francais
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101 French (Canada)
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4 Espanol
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102 Portuguese Brazil
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5 Italiano
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103 Spanish (Mexican)
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6 Nederlands
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104 English (Australian)
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7 Vlaams
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105 Romanian
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8 Dansk
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106 Srpski
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9 Svenska
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107 Hrvatski
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10 Suomi
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108 Greek
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11 Portuguese
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109 Russkii
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12 Norsk
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110 Bulgarian
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13 Polish
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113 Japanese
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14 Czech
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114 Thai
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15 Turkish
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115 Malay
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16 Hungarian
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117 Taiwanese
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17 Estonian
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118 Taiwanese Mandarin
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18 Latvian
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119 Taiwan Hakka
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19 Lithuanian
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120 English (Irish)
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20 Catalan
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121 South African
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21 Slovak
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174 English (New Zealand)
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Number representing flag - Enter a number according to the following table:
-1 unknown
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111 Italy
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202 Slovak
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214 Hungary
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100 Austria
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112 Belgium
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203 Australia
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215 Japan
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101 Netherlands
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113 France
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204 Russian
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216 Thai
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102 Germany
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114 USA
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205 Rumania
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217 Malay
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103 Custom
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115 Switzerland
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206 Serbia
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218 Mexico
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104 Sweden
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119 Taiwanese
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207 Croat
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219 Brazil
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105 Finland
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120 Ireland
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208 Greece
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220 Lithuania
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106 Denmark
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121 Luxemburg
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209 Turkey
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221 Estonia
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107 Norway
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122 Andorra
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210 Bulgaria
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222 Latvia
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108 Spain
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123 Liechtenstein
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211 Canada
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223 Monaco
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109 Portugal
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200 Polish
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212 Chinese Cantonese
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225 South African
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110 England
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201 Czech
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213 Chinese Mandarin
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225 South African
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Version number - Use ‘1’ for your first version and raise the value incrementally for future versions.
So, an example of the contents of a complete .VIF file would be:
John
data75.chk
John
2
0
110
1
This .VIF file is used for a voice called John, is male, is English, has an English flag and is version 1.
| 2. | When you’re finished, save the file with the same filename as your .CHK file, for example, data75.vif. |
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