TTS (Text-To-Speech) - Assistive Technologies | Accessibility

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tts (Text-to-Speech) or speech synthesizers receive information going to the screen in the form of letters, numbers, and punctuation marks, and then "speak" it out loud in a computerized voice. Using speech synthesizers allows computer users who are blind or who have learning difficulties to hear what they are typing and also provide a spoken voice for individuals who can not communicate orally, but can communicate their thoughts through typing.

Types of Assistive Technology Products

Text-to-Speech, is the creation of audible speech from computer readable text.

AT&T Natural Voices (Next-Generation tts) was introduced in 1998 and marked a dramatic leap in naturalness and is still broadening the range of applications in which tts can be deployed.

In some cases, such as telephone response, a tts voice may supply the only feedback a user gets, and the quality of an entire service may be judged by that voice. tts is closest to the customer's ear.

tts technology can be useful whenever a computerized application needs to communicate with a customer or user, and so is especially useful in telephone services. Though recorded material still provides the highest quality, recordings are often impractical due to cost or time constraints. Some typical uses for tts technology are:

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