synthetic speech

Machine-generated voice output

Synthetic speech is artificially generated human-like voice, produced by computers rather than recorded from actual speakers.

Text-to-speech systems convert written words into synthetic speech for screen readers, GPS navigation, and virtual assistants: The robotic quality of early synthetic speech has given way to remarkably natural-sounding voices.

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AI voice · monotone · Siri · Alexa · virtual assistant · vocoder · digital · automated · phone menu · narration · audiobook · screen-reader · assistant · uncanny · mechanical · intonation · prosody · talking clock

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source/origin

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Audible expression from throat

naturalness/authenticity

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Unrehearsed verbal expression

modality/form

synthetic speechhandwriting

Manual letter formation

text · silence · sign language · gesture

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