StarCaster® Automated Volmet System

The StarCaster® VOLMET system is for managers of Air Traffic Control Towers and Flight Service Stations who need a reliable method of generating VOLMET broadcasts that pilots can easily understand. StarCaster VOLMET is a fully automated VOLMET text-to-speech server/client system that provides an automatic method of generating multiple broadcasts of weather and airport conditions. Unlike competitors who depend upon general-purpose speech synthesis systems, StarCaster VOLMET rapidly creates clear and consistent VOLMET broadcasts using a natural voice.

StarCaster VOLMET was designed to automatically download weather information in text format and convert the weather text into high quality voice output for broadcast to aircraft in flight. This PC-based, fully automated VOLMET system is effortless to use, and makes more efficient use of valuable labor resources since it eliminates the need to perform labor-intensive live manual broadcasts.

Using STR's proven and award-winning text-to-speech technology, the StarCaster® VOLMET system provides the ultimate clear, natural voice, essential for critical message broadcasting. The VOLMET broadcasts include ICAO recommended METAR, SPECI, TAF and SIGMET information.

The StarCaster® VOLMET system decodes incoming weather data, converts it into expanded text and into a natural voice for broadcast. Weather data errors are flagged by the system and optionally logged. The operator is able to correct the error before broadcast if required, and can also perform a vocabulary search if missing words or errors are found.

Features and Benefits:

• Uses broadcast-quality StarCaster® Text-to-Speech technology
• Flexible modular design - Easily configured for ATIS and VOLMET combined operations to meet the needs of all facilities
• Fully scalable - client/server and remote workstation configurations
• Automatic access and integration of weather and aviation data
• Optional automatic transfer of D-VOLMET text to Datalink
• Easily installed hardware interface to existing radio equipment
• Operator control for weather data error checking and system maintenance, with audible and visual alerts
• COTS hardware
• Changeable speech rate
• Little or no user assistance
• Reliable and proven operations worldwide
• Complies with ICAO and WMO recommendations