AI Glossary

Text-to-speech

Also called TTS, speech synthesis

What does “Text-to-speech” mean?

Text-to-speech: Converting written text into spoken audio. Modern neural TTS models produce natural rhythm, emphasis and emotion rather than the flat, robotic delivery of older systems. Many let you choose a voice, language, speaking speed or tone.

Text-to-speech visual guide: Converting written text into spoken audio. Modern neural TTS models produce natural rhythm, emphasis and emotion rather than the flat, robotic delivery of older systems. Many let you choose a voice, language, speaking speed or tone.
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What is an example of “Text-to-speech”?

Screen readers, audiobook narration, voice assistants and real-time voice chat with AI models all depend on text-to-speech.

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