Voice Synthesis
Paul Taylor, Rhetorical Systems
Wednesday 11th December 2002, 6:30 pm Refreshments served at
6:15 pm
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society, 36 York Place, Edinburgh
Please note that, for security reasons, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
keep their main door locked. Please ring the buzzer to gain admittance. |
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Speech synthesis has come a long way from the robotic voices that we
experienced in the past. Today the voice quality of speech synthesis is very
high indeed, sometimes matching the naturalness of human speech.
This talk will give an overview of speech synthesis technology from the
early days of mechanical speaking machines, through electronic systems and
finally to the software based systems of today. Aspects of these core
technologies will be explained. The talk will conclude with an overview of how
speech synthesis fits in the modern, multi-media, mobile world. |