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Synthetic Speech

We’ll be discussing about :

•How Synthetic Speech is used?

•TTS

•What are the Benefits of Synthetic Speech?

•What are the disadvantages of Synthetic Speech?

•Implementation

•New Focus

•Conclusion

What is Synthetic Speech??Computerized voices generated after typing/reading meaningful text in/from a device.

Artificial human speech

The synthesizer is able to produce an unlimited vocabulary, and can therefore read aloud any text input. This is known as text-to-speech synthesis, better known as TTS.

Helping students with learning disabilities , gaining educational success.

How is synthetic speech used by blind / partially sighted people ?

Using it in real life…

We all know this man…

PROF. STEPHAN HAWKING

When he talks , people listen !!

•One letter at a time using a twitch of his cheek to stop a cursor as it moves across an on-screen keyboard.•After he painstakingly crafts his sentences one word at a time, a computer attached to his wheelchair reads them out in the distinctive metallic voice for which he is Well Known.

•It is almost impossible (and luckily useless) to record and store all the words of the language. It is thus more suitable to define Text-To-Speech as the automatic production of speech.

•An intelligent text-to-speech program allows people with visual impairments or reading disabilities to listen to written works on a home computer.

IMPLEMENTATION:

BENEFITS:

Speed of access

Cost

Confidentiality

Speed of delivery

DISADVANTAGES :

•Articulation

•Attention

•Intelligence

WHATS COMMON ??

OUR NEW FOCUS …CREATING A PERSONALIZED SYNTHETIC VOICE !!!

CONCLUSION :

•Computer-generated voices do not have the warmth and richness of a human voice.&•the range of talents found in a skilled narrator. BUTMORE OPTIONS ARE THE WORTH EXPLORING !!!

•Accessibility to visually impaired persons•Sometimes online courses are left as text only•Effective as the voice of an avatar or guide

Some of the TTS synthesizers have been briefly mentioned in my report.

REFERENCES :•http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=4581657•http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/jyamagis/news/files/category-journal-papars.html•www.slideshare.net: for providing valuable information about TTS and Synthetic speech.•http://www.rnib.org.uk/professionals/accessibleinformation/accessibleformats/audio/speech/Pages/synthetic_speech.aspx•http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_is_Stephen_Hawking_able_to_talk_using_a_computer?#slide=23•http://www.hawking.org.uk/the-computer.html•http://www.wbur.org/npr/173816690/new-voices-for-the-voiceless-synthetic-speech-gets-an-upgrade•http://theelearningcoach.com/media/audio/text-to-speech-synthesizers/• last but not the least vocalid.org

MY SPECIAL THANKS TO :

THANK YOU

A great thanks to RUPAL PATEL & TIM BUNNELS, without whom all this could not have been possible