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Although they canât imitate the full spectrum of human cadences and intonations, speech synthesis systems can read text files and output them in a very intelligible, if somewhat dull, voice. Many systems even allow the user to choose the type of voice -- for example, male or female. Speech synthesis systems are particularly valuable for seeing-impaired individuals. <br><br></div></div></div><a name=encyclopedia> </a><div class=category_title><strong> Speech synthesis </strong> Definition from <a href=/encyclopedia/> Encyclopedia </a> Dictionaries & Glossaries</div><div class=dictionary_box><div class=sub_category><a href=/encyclopedia/wikipedia-english/> Wikipedia Dictionaries </a></div><div class=dictionary_title><img class=icon src=https://bis.babylon-software.com/?rt=GetFile&uri=!!ARV6FUJ2JP&type=1&index=11> English Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia</div><div class=definition><div style="margin-bottom: 20px;"class=definition><div><div><b> Speech Synthesis </b> is the artificial production of human speech. A computer system used for this purpose is called a <b> speech computer </b> or <b> speech synthesizer </b> , and can be implemented in software or hardware products. A <b> text-to-speech (TTS) </b> system converts normal language text into speech; other systems render symbolic linguistic representations like phonetic transcriptions into speech.</div></div><br><table><tbody><tr><td width=40><img src=https://bis.babylon-software.com/?rt=GetFile&uri=!!ARV6FUJ2JP&type=0&index=3183><td>See more at Wikipedia.org...</table></div> Â© This article uses material from <b> Wikipedia <sup> Â® </sup> </b> and is licensed under the <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License> GNU Free Documentation License </a> and under the <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License> Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License </a></div></div></div></div><div class=g_ad_def_p><script>GA_googleFillSlot("New_Dictionary468x60");</script></div><div class=clearfix></div></div></div><div style="width:300px;float:right; padding-top:20px;"><div 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