Re: How about talking books read by a synthesizer?

From: Mike Freeman (mikef@pacifier.com)
Date: Thu Jan 18 1996 - 10:42:23 PST


Tim Cranmer writes:
>
> Extensive preprocessing of text to be spoken by synthesizers can improve
> the final product, but I doubt that we will ever be able to improve
> synthesizers based on todays technology to the point where most listeners
> would find it acceptable. Now, some day, in the far distant future, it
> may come to pass that synthesizers can be made that sound just like our
> favorite readers. Then, I'd order my poetry read by Alexander Scourby.
>
Most definitely -- and Tom Clancy novels read by Bob Askey!

Mike Freeman



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