I want to explore in more details one of the basis ideas, which is getting more and more mature. The idea is simple and clear enough to build and/or launch a public MRCP server. The word "public" has  the following meanings in this scope.

1. Multilingual and Nationwide MRCP Server
As you know, I have provided an interface to plug 3-rd party TTS and ASR engines into UniMRCP server. I may only wonder how many plugins have already been written and exist nowadays. To recall, there have been contacts from all the continents from East to West and South to North. If we could unite all these, it would be indeed a unique solution, which speaks and recognizes so many languages.

2. Globally Accessible MRCP Server
The mentioned above solution can also be globally accessible from everywhere in the world provided as a software as a service (SaaS). While MRCP servers are usually deployed with MRCP clients located on the same LAN and this is still a typical approach, there are many use cases, where a publicly available MRCP server can be quite useful. Note that there are a few MRCP aware devices today and there will be more tomorrow.


Although we have almost all the required components now and an ability to turn this undertaking into a truly success, there is still a certain way to go.
I'm looking forward to a robust and mutually beneficial partnership with TTS and ASR vendors which might be interested in this idea. Feel free to express your thoughts either publicly or contact me off-list.

Thanks for using UniMRCP.

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Arsen Chaloyan
The author of UniMRCP
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