Paper Title
Text to Speech Functionality in CICS Mainframe
Abstract
Mainframe, being one of the oldest technologies being used, is seen as one which can serve only as a back-end
to applications. An unappealing user interface is by far the most apt reason for this. The GUI can be improved by
incorporating templates in CICS. Templates can be defined as a ‘User friendly GUI’ b y assisting a user in learning the
various functionalities of an application package. A user friendly application is one thing that help us to deliver great
product and attract customers. An attractive GUI is a must for any application, through which we have a control over the way
customers interpret our application. In addition to this,we are also able to provide a text to speech interface that uses text
message that be displayed and spoken, without actually closing the underlying application program in the Mainframe
Environment. Additionally we will also discuss about developing a web application in Mainframe using HTML in
CICS.
Index Terms—Application, CICS, GUI, Text-To-Speech(TTS).