bookworm524
May 9th 09, 04:48 PM
On Apr 24, 12:43*pm, comcdp > wrote:
> Speech synthesis is the artificial production of human speech. A
> computer system used for this purpose is called a speech synthesizer,
> and can be implemented in software or hardware. A text-to-speech (TTS)
> system converts normal language text into speech.
>
> Most of the text-to-speech softwares can read text files in format
> of .txt and other file formats with natural voices using various voice
> engines. The text-to-speech voice engine on Vista is Microsoft Anna,
> and Microsoft Sam on the Windows XP. Vista users can hear a very clear
> voice of Anna, XP users would think the voice of Microsoft Sam is
> poor, but they can get other company's vocie engines which are more
> clear.
>
> The narrator has been shipped with Windows XP and Vista. However some
> users choose panopreter (www.panopreter.com) which is a freeware. It
> is an easy-to-use tool which reads files, words you type and converts
> files into wave and mp3 audio files, so you can listen to them with a
> MP3 player. It's a effective way to improve listening, somehow they
> are educational softwares for language learning.
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> Speech synthesis is the artificial production of human speech. A
> computer system used for this purpose is called a speech synthesizer,
> and can be implemented in software or hardware. A text-to-speech (TTS)
> system converts normal language text into speech.
>
> Most of the text-to-speech softwares can read text files in format
> of .txt and other file formats with natural voices using various voice
> engines. The text-to-speech voice engine on Vista is Microsoft Anna,
> and Microsoft Sam on the Windows XP. Vista users can hear a very clear
> voice of Anna, XP users would think the voice of Microsoft Sam is
> poor, but they can get other company's vocie engines which are more
> clear.
>
> The narrator has been shipped with Windows XP and Vista. However some
> users choose panopreter (www.panopreter.com) which is a freeware. It
> is an easy-to-use tool which reads files, words you type and converts
> files into wave and mp3 audio files, so you can listen to them with a
> MP3 player. It's a effective way to improve listening, somehow they
> are educational softwares for language learning.
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