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Speech Synthesis
Pause
DAC
inserter
Inflection
inserter
Document Speaker
Phoneme Phoneme
vocabulary selector
Optical
character Camera
recognizer

Speech synthesis

illustration. Whatever method is used for speech synthesis, certain steps
are necessary. These are as follows:

• The machine must access the data and arrange it in the proper
order.
• The allophones must be assigned in the correct sequence.
• The proper inflections must be put in.
• Pauses must be inserted in the proper places.
In addition to the foregoing, features such as the following can be
included for additional versatility and realism:
• An intended mood can be conveyed (joy, sadness, urgency, etc.) at
various moments.
• Overall knowledge of the content can be programmed in.For example,
the machine can know the significance of a story,and the importance
of each part within the story.
• The machine can have an interrupt feature to allow conversation
with a human being. If the human says something, the machine will
stop and begin listening with a speech-recognition system.

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