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Speech synthesis is the artificial production of human speech. A computer system used for this purpose is called a speech synthesizer, and can be implemented in software or hardware. A text-to-speech (TTS) system converts normal language text into speech.
Most of the text-to-speech software can read text-based files with natural voices using various voice engines. The text-to-speech voice engine on Vista is Microsoft Anna, and Microsoft Sam on the Windows XP. Vista users can hear a very clear voice of Anna, and the voice quality of Microsoft Anna is much better than that of Microsoft Sam.
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Education
Educational software is a concept that we are seeing more and more of in our society today. This concept is one that is mainly computer based and comes in a wide range. Educational software is something that allows students to grasp things that they previously couldn’t get their head around and one thing is for sure; it’s going to change the way that we learn. Google “21st Century Classroom Presentation”.
Every student and child has their own pace of learning; some may pick things up faster than others but this doesn’t necessarily mean they are more intelligent; it could merely mean that they grasp that way of learning more than the other child. It is because of this that there needs to be more than one way of delivering subjects, which is where educational software comes into play.
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