What Does Speech Synthesis Mean?
Speech synthesis is artificial simulation of human speech with by a computer or other device. The counterpart of the voice recognition, speech synthesis is mostly used for translating text information into audio information and in applications such as voice-enabled services and mobile applications. Apart from this, it is also used in assistive technology for helping vision-impaired individuals in reading text content.
Techopedia Explains Speech Synthesis
Homer Dudley’s VODER, which was based on the vocoder from Bell Laboratories, is considered the first fully functional voice synthesizer. The computer used in speech synthesis is known as a speech synthesizer or speech computer. The quality of the speech computer is often judged by its similarity to the human voice. Most computer operating systems have incorporated speech synthesizers since the early 1990s. Synthesized speech is usually generated with the help of concatenating pieces of recorded speech, which is contained in a database.
