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AUTOMATIC VOICE ANNOUNCEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR AIRPORTS AND AIRLINES The world's Airports are constantly seeking new ways to improve their operational efficiency and create a better passenger experience. Airports want their customers to feel free and comfortable. They aim to deliver the best passenger experience at the Airport. Time is money. Airlines want their passengers to be at the right place at the right time as planes have to leave and arrive on time. Every delay costs Airports and Airlines thousands of dollars.  Increasing passenger traffic requires streamlining. Smooth passenger flow will increase Airport’s revenues and efficiency and saves the Airlines substantial amounts of money. Yapsystems is an innovative company specialized in automated multilingual voice announcement solutions for Airports and Airlines. Our system is using only native speakers to reach the best audibility and it significantly improves the quality of the voice announcements we experience at most Airports today. PRODUCTS

YAP ANNOUNCEMENT SYSTEM - A multilingual, virtually automatic high-quality Airport Announcement System, based on the human native voice with an extensive vocabulary.

YAP GATE CLIENT - A service provided by Yapsystems at the areas of the boarding gates. This service

offers the local users, Airline staff and handling agencies, a set of boarding related announcements and an automatic and/or easy to use announcement selection method. Therefore this service will highly improve the boarding process. YAPsystems developed the Gate Client software with a connection to the airports FIS and/or AODB and/or Local Gate Handling Process and/or YAP Gate Client Utility (e.g. Fast Flight Number and/or Airplane Type Selection). Depending on the ability of the FIS our software will automatically detect all the essential information of the departing aircraft at that specific gate and will recognize the Airline, the destination, the aircraft type and the specific boarding procedures belonging to that flight. Based on the obtained information, all announcements will be announced according to the corporate identity of the Airline.

YAP CLOUD SOLUTION - Yapsystems recognizes that every Airport has its own specific needs and

implementation preferences. For that reason, Yapsystems provides an advanced Client Cloud Solution to make it easy for small and mid-sized Airports to deploy and integrate the announcement system at the Airport. This product has the same assured end-user experience as the on-site system. The Cloud Solutions are available on demand without compromising security or functionality. The entire suite runs on our Global Servers so all software and data, for example new Airlines and new Airports, are guaranteed to be up to date.

YAP MOBILE SOLUTION - Yapsystems offers passengers the possibility to receive information on their

mobile phone by SMS, email and/or voice calls. The system has the capability to generate text messages, emails or voice calls simultaneous with the actual broadcasting of an announcement, in any available language. Combined with displaying the flight-information on the FIDS, the system can individually send the specific information to passengers.

YAP ENTERPRISE SOLUTION - The flexible and modular design of the system makes it possible to offer

a highly scalable architecture for Airports and Airlines. The combination of the different solutions of YAPsystems (YAP Cloud Solutions, YAP Gate Client and/or YAP Message Processor) with the flexibility of YAPsystems incoming and outgoing interfaces results in our YAP Enterprise Solution. Combined with

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the capability to interface with most Public Address Systems, Yapsystems is able to roll-out our solution nationwide. The YAP Enterprise Solution gives Airlines and Airport groups the possibility to setup one YAP server to manage all connected Airports, gates and/or separate audio zones. Depending on the local requirements only the (remote) installation of specific services will be sufficient to manage all the required announcements per audio unit. This includes the capability to use different sources for the audio files. Airports and Airlines will be able to setup their own set of preferred announcements, so they can be consistent, e.g. corporate identity, in informing the travelers at any location at any time in any available language.

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) AND USER EXPERIENCE (UX) The Graphical User Interface of the YAP Announcement System (YAS) is a state-of-the-art solution and is designed according to the latest demands on user friendliness and flexibility (UX). Therefore operating the system is straightforward and user friendly, especially when a touchscreen device is available. As the users will experience, the system works very intuitive and will simplify the announcement creation process significantly. This new software offers the possibility to use any desired language as the operating language, therefore Airport staff will be able to operate the system in their native language. CORPORATE IDENTITY AND VOICE BRANDING Voice Personas add depth, warmth, and personality to our Automated Announcements Solution, making it feel more human and natural. With our natural sounding announcements, passengers are more likely to react, improving comprehension, containment and an enhanced customer satisfaction. Automated Voice Systems have helped Airports and Airlines lower costs and relieve staff of mundane and repetitive tasks. Market research has shown that voice systems, like robotic sounding TTS-systems, leave passengers cold. Smart Airports and Airlines realize that their passengers hear the voice of their Airline and also recognize the Corporate Identity. It’s their Voice Brand and it’s worthy of executive level attention. YAP MESSAGE MANAGER The YAP Message Manager enables the user full flexibility in automating the announcement creation process.

Identify the required information from the incoming sources, e.g. FIS/AODB or a locally used application or service

Connect the announcement that must be created automatically, including language, audio zone routing, timing

Activate the message

The YAP Message Manager

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SAFETY & SECURITY With the YAS the Safety & Security of your Airport will significantly increase. By means of clock controlled announcements and ad hoc created announcements you can warn, inform, calm down and instruct your passengers according to the Airport safety policy. By clearly announced instructions the safety of your passengers will be substantially improved. In this way, you cannot only give a rapid response to calamities, but also prevent them. FIS/AODB INTERFACE YAS is especially developed to interface with the FIS and/or AODB with maximum flexibility. The YAS will automatically process all flight updates. Processed messages will turn into announcements and will be broadcasted at the right time, at the right place with the assigned priority. PUBLIC ADDRESS INTERFACE The YAS - Public Address (PA) interface is developed to communicate with a different number of Public Address Systems. The interface design allows Airports to create a reliable connection between their new or existing Public Address System and monitor all traffic between the YAS and the PA-router. ZONE VISUALIZER Zone Visualizer is a feature, which enables users to select or deselect individual zones by using one or more graphical maps of the Airport. When creating an announcement these Airport maps are presented on a screen showing all the zones that have been activated by default. This can be done by selecting or deselecting a zone through clicking or touching the screen. QUALITY AND PRONUNCIATION OF THE ANNOUNCEMENTS The announcements of the YAS are produced by native speakers which results in a pronunciation of announcements which is substantially better than in situations where local staff produce announcements. With less sound volume the YAS provides you with a superior quality and audibility. TRAFFIC FLOWS OF PASSENGERS International passengers have a better understanding of announcements as they are informed in their native language with a clear pronunciation. This manner of communication will result in a better flow of passengers to, from and between the gates. LESS UNNECESSARY ANNOUNCEMENTS The YAS allows you to choose several audio zones so that the announcements will be broadcasted in designated audio zone(s). This reduces unnecessary announcements in the other zones. The YAS can easily broadcast different announcements at the same time in different audio zones. The automatic time and priority selection ensures that the right announcement will be announced at the right time in the selected language(s).

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COST AND WORKFLOW REDUCTION The number of announcers can be reduced significantly by Yapsystems, which will lead to substantial cost reductions. As a result of using Yapsystems, the international passengers will be well informed which leads to a better flow to, from and between the gates and therefore reducing the risk of flight delays. MANAGEMENT REPORT The management report function makes an automatic journal in the database of all announcements that have been made in the languages they were broadcasted. By means of this function, usage statistics can be monitored and a specific announcement logging can be used in case of legal issues.

Output examples using the YAS logging information FAVORITES The YAS has an extended content of different announcements. By means of a favorites function it is possible to allow individual users of the YAS to select only those announcements that they use frequently and move them to their favorite’s folder. Based on a user-id the YAS shows a personal configuration. This way a user, who is responsible for all messages at the gates, can personalize the navigation tool and create only gate announcements. Therefore the YAS can be applied in a flexible way at every location at the Airport.

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ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

YAP architectural design On Site Solution

YAP Architectural design Cloud Solution

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KEY FEATURES Language selector Audio Zone selector and visualizer Time and priority selector Extended-logging function Real and natural voices, no robotic TTS voices Management reporting User-friendly interface and tools (GUI and UX) Configuration according to Airport announcement policy Database upgraded and updated continuously Better quality and pronunciation of the announcements Less sound volume, more and high quality audibility Accurate and timely flight information

BENEFITS Improved passenger experience and traffic flow Improving on time departures Automation of the boarding process at the gates Increasing passenger spending at the Airport Corporate identity of Airport or Airline Automatic and multilingual voice announcements Cost and workflow reduction announce staff and at the gates Increased and improved Airport services Various languages spoken by native speakers Enhanced safety in case of calamities

SERVICE Our complete package of services has two main aspects. Our worldwide client support is not only for the initial implementation of the system at your Airport or Airline but, more importantly, for the follow-up. 24/7 you will have a helpdesk at your disposal where highly skilled experts will support you with all your requests. The guarantee of the full maintenance of the software and the database which will be updated on a constant basis by adding new Airlines, new destinations, new announcements and vocabulary changes of all present languages. Furthermore, our customers will be provided with continuous new releases of the YAS software. IMPLEMENTATION AT THE AIRPORT Implementation done by network and software specialists Interfacing with all required systems YAS and all desired languages installed within 3 months Supports redundant environments 24/7 support from certified support team Backed by Industry leading Service Level Agreement (SLA)

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GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE OF THE SYSTEM

The YAS Graphical User Interface inlog screen Main screen

Selection screen Time and Repeating screen

Announcement texts with its mandatory fields Customized announcement setting

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Zone Visualizer, 2D and/or 3D mode Language selection and text sentences

YAP Manager Outgoing Queue YAP Gate Client flight number selection

YAP Gate Client aircraft selection Announcement texts with its mandatory fields