Vocera allows you to customize Vocera Voice Server for different locales. When you install the Vocera Localization Suite, speech recognition behavior, genie prompts, accent preferences, date formats, the telephony dial-plan, and other data are modified to reflect the conventions of a specific locale. These release notes contain information for all the locales that the version 5.2.2 Vocera Voice Server (VS) and Vocera Report Server (VRS) releases support.

The table below provides the supported locale with the country code, language, local suite versions, the base speech pack, and the minimum VS build number in which the locale is enabled. Each locale is provided in a separate installer.

• Two new locale packs - The Kuwait and the Republic of Ireland locales are now supported for the Vocera Voice Server.

• The United Arab Emirates locale now uses en-AE as the base speech pack - en-AE replaces en-US as the base speech pack.

• Speech Profile selections available for users from the Vocera Voice Server Administration Console - You can optimize speech recognition by selecting an accent for a user in your Vocera environment. This new feature is available in the Administration Console on the User information page for Speech Recognition and the Add/Edit User dialog box for the following locales:

  • Oman (OM)
  • Kuwait (KW)
  • Saudi Arabia (SA)
  • Qatar (QA)
  • United Arab Emirates (AE)
  Note: If you want to enable this feature for a locale installed that is not listed above, contact Vocera Customer Support.

  The Speech Profile section of the UI allows you to select an accent for a user and it also displays one or more Vocera Speech Packs that are currently installed on your system. When you select an accent for a user, the speech recognizer determines the correct speech pack to apply when that user issues commands to the Vocera Genie.

Make sure you have installed the correct version of the Vocera Voice Server before installing the Localization Suite. Refer to the table in About the Vocera Localization Suite to see the minimum VS build number for each locale.

About this task (for upgrades only): This task is performed after you install Vocera Voice Server and you're moving to later version. If a language pack is installed in the previous version of Vocera, the backup restore will fail during the upgrade installation process since the installer is looking for an English locale. However, this is easily fixed by installing the new Localization Suite and rebooting the Vocera Voice Server. During the reboot, the backup files are restored. For more information on Vocera upgrades and installations, see the Vocera Installation Guide.

Prerequisites: Install Vocera Voice Server and download the appropriate Localization Suite image file. For more information on installing Vocera products and downloading the ISO image file, see the Chapter titled Electronic Software Distribution in the Vocera Installation Guide.

To launch the Vocera Localization Suite and change the locale for Vocera products:

1. Log into the computer with administrator privileges.

2. After you install Vocera Voice Server, navigate to the directory where you downloaded the Vocera Localization Suite.

3. Click the VoceraLocalizer executable. The InstallShield Wizard for the Vocera Localization Suite is launched.

4. Follow the prompts through the Install Shield Wizard.

5. Click Finish to exit the Install Shield Wizard.

• For French Canadian locale only - During the restore operation, the progress dialog box doesn't properly update the status. (Issue DE11853)

• For French Canadian locale only - Some of the Vocera Genie prompts, messages displayed on the badge, and console footers are not translated and will be presented in an English format. (Issues DE13713, DE13716, and DE13724)

• For French Canadian locale only - The Vocera Command poster has not been translated into French and therefore does not contain the latest 5x commands.

• Genie voice changing gender from female to male on some prompts - The Vocera Genie uses recorded messages wherever possible to prompt users. Where a recorded prompt does not exist, it employs a text to speech engine to enunciate the prompt. In the case of the locale packs for Australia, Great Britain, and New Zealand there is only a male voice for the text to speech engine. Therefore for these locales, if the user is employing the female Vocera Genie persona, the voice may change genders from female to male and back. This will be addressed in a future version of these locales. (Issue US23705)

• Incorrect date format for Vocera Report Server only - The report header may show an incorrect date format for mm/dd/yyyy for all locales. This issue will be addressed in a future release. (Issue DE11311)

• Spelled names with accents - Names constructed with accents are now properly recognized. (Issue DE14635)

This section provides information about known product defects and limitations in the current release.

• Incorrect date format for Staff Assignment only - The date format shown in Staff Assignment when an Administrator is viewing the details of login sessions incorrectly shows as mm/dd/yyyy regardless of locale settings. (Issue DE11335)

• For French Canadian locale only - Some of the Vocera Genie prompts, messages displayed on the badge, and console footers are not in the correct format. (Issue DE13715)