text to speech
Reading aloud digitally
Text to speech is technology that converts written text into spoken audio.
Software reads aloud what appears on screen, used for accessibility, navigation systems, and virtual assistants: The text to speech voice guided her through the directions.
Often abbreviated TTS.
The quality ranges from robotic to nearly indistinguishable from human speech.
- voiceSound from throat
- synthesizerElectronic sound-generating instrument
- robot voiceMachine-generated vocal sound
- roboticStiff and unemotional
- narrationVerbal account delivery
Siri · Alexa · audiobook · screen reader · accessibility · monotone · artificial · computer-generated · pronunciation · vocalization · waveform · prosody · intonation · talking · read aloud · assistive · voice over · natural
- accessibilitywheelchair access, wheelchair sports, wheelchair ramp, adaptive skiing, accessibility features
- assistive deviceswheelchair, glasses, wheelchairs, eyeglasses, walkers
- language toolsdictionary, translation, translator, thesaurus, grammar books
- accessible learninglearning aids, braille books, large print, reading aids, visual aids
- accommodationsextra time, double time, time and a half, breaks, rest breaks
- AI contentAI writing, AI music, deepfakes, AI portraits
text to speechspeech to text
Converts spoken words to written
voice recognition · speech recognition · dictation · voice typing · voice to text
text, texts, textual, textually, textile, textiles, texture, textures, textured