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From: blueb@netcom.com (Tim Kusumi)
Subject: TTS Technology
Message-ID: <bluebCvp5Co.3K2@netcom.com>
Summary: Looking for Info on state of the art
Keywords: Speech Synthesis TTS
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 1994 07:12:24 GMT
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I am looking to find out what is the current state of the art
in TTS technology.

1) Does anyone know of a recent comparision between the various commercial
TTS products which are out there (DECTALK, BeST, SpeechPlus, L&H etc)? 

2) What research is going to improve the quality of computer generated 
speech? Who is doing it?  I hear about a lot of research on Speech 
Recognition, but not too much on TTS -- Is much going on in this area?

3) What universities are still focusing on TTS?

4) Are there any research projects going on which have developed 
"better" algorithms which are not yet be practical (i.e they take several 
Cray's to say a simple sentense)?

5) What appear to the be the limiting factors in improving this technology?


Thanks to anyone who might be able me find a clear spot in all the muck...

Marv
