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Computers: The computer speaks: Rapid speech synthesis from printed text input could accommodate an unlimited vocabulary

Bruce Sherwood

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Reviews the techniques for producing synthetic speech from a computer. The author expects such methods to be available to the business world before too long including rapid speech synthesis from printed test inputs able to accommodate an unlimited vocabulary. Topics include: analogue recording; human speech; compressed digital speech; speech synthesis from text; software; conversion to sound; synthetic speech for business.

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Reviews the techniques for producing synthetic speech from a computer. The author expects such methods to be available to the business world before too long including rapid speech synthesis from printed test inputs able to accommodate an unlimited vocabulary. Topics include: analogue recording; human speech; compressed digital speech; speech synthesis from text; software; conversion to sound; synthetic speech for business.

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Reviews the techniques for producing synthetic speech from a computer. The author expects such methods to be available to the business world before too long including rapid speech synthesis from printed test inputs able to accommodate an unlimited vocabulary. Topics include: analogue recording; human speech; compressed digital speech; speech synthesis from text; software; conversion to sound; synthetic speech for business.

Key concepts: Speech synthesis, Computer science, Vocabulary, Speech recognition, Software, Speech technology, Speech processing, Speech coding

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