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TTS Input, Output, and Software
Typically, the TTS Input is a digital text file obtained from an existing .txt file, an HTML page, a .PDF file, a WORD document, a scanned image from a printed page, or some other source. A TTS input file can be enhanced, or optimized, to work better with the TTS software, by various means, including phonetic spelling, pronunciation dictionaries, TTS control tags embedded within the text (like HTML tags), and other controls.
The TTS Output is some kind of electronic signal which can eventually be heard as spoken words by human ears. The output can be either digital or analog, played through speakers or stored as computer files, such as .wav files or .MP3 files.
The TTS Software receives the input file and processes it, to produce the output. The earliest TTS software simply looked at each word it encountered, and analyzed the word into its component sounds. Then it generated a synthetic digital approximation of each sound and strung the approximations together to pronounce the word. Then it plowed ahead onto the next word, and the next, until it had finished reading the input file. The result was a robotic monotone output. Today, TTS software is much better developed, to the point where it can produce an acceptable, pleasant near-duplicate of human speech. Tomorrow's TTS software, working together with optimized input files, will produce output whose every sound is exactly what the input file developer intended: perfect in pitch, intensity, duration, emphasis, voice qualities, pronunciation, diction, and and all other nuances of the spoken word.
A person who works to create optimized TTS input files can be known as a "TTS input file developer." I am starting to become one of these people. I already have good experience as a MIDI music input file developer. (In MIDI, the file developer is called a "MIDI author," and the input file itself is called a "MIDI sequence," because the MIDI input file is nothing more than a long sequence of detailed commands issued to music synthesizers and other devices.) I have a website full of MIDI sequences I have written, located at Christmusic.ws All of these sequences are perfectly legal, and all are in the Public Domain.
Benefits And Uses Of TTS
Generally, the benefit of TTS is that it can provide high-quality spoken words where they might not otherwise be available. TTS allows listening instead of reading. And the TTS software and input files can be honed and polished to perfection, so the output of TTS can be far better than what you might get if you just let somebody stand up and talk. The imperfections can be edited out, before the words are heard.Specifically, the following uses come to mind . . .
1. The elderly patient wants to hear his favorite Bible verses, but nobody is available to read to him, and he is unable to see well enough, or turn the pages, to read for himself. The Caregiver turns on the TTS, and the computer reads to him, perfectly, whatever it is told to read, for as long as he desires.
2. The young adult student is trying to learn English as a second language. (ESL) Some of her friends think they know English, and they try to help teach her, but they just make things worse for her, because their English is no good to begin with, and they teach her their own mistakes. (The Bible calls this, "the blind leading the blind.") Her ESL instructor provides her with some well-chosen text files, and turns on the TTS. She now can see the words and hear the exact correct pronunciation, at the same time.
3. You have written a report, and all the words look okay, and the spell checker tells you that all the words are correct. But do they all make sense? You need to hear it out loud, to be sure. But you don't want to spend the half-hour reading it through once again to hear how it sounds. What do you do? Turn on the TTS, and let your computer read the report aloud to you, while you are getting ready for the meeting. You hear something wrong, and you discover you have left out a key, small word. You fix it! No problem. Otherwise, it's a typo, and it makes you look careless.
4. For some reason, you need to produce a message - some kind of announcement - for other people to hear. But you have voice like a frog, and a funny accent, and nobody ever seems to pay much attention to you when you speak. Guess what: You can produce an outstanding announcement, with perfect diction and a perfect voice , which will impress everyone - with TTS!
5. Maybe there are some words you want to hear, but nobody is available to speak them to you. If you write them yourself, your TTS software will speak them to you. Whatever you want to hear can be spoken to you, in your choice of pleasant voices.
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