Text-to-Speech
Name Pronunciation
Text Preprocessing
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Text Preprocessing
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Specialized Formats
| Text Says | You Should Say | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| Des Moines City of Health Dept of | City of Des Moines, Department of Health |  |
| NYSE IBM +2.13 183.43 | One the NYSE, IBM was up two thirteen to one eighty three forty three | |
| Holland Tunnel minor | The Holland Tunnel has minor delays | |
| From: ksmith@xyz.org (Karen Smith) | From: K. Smith at X Y Z dot org, Karen Smith | |
Specialized Format Preprocessing
Most applications for text-to-speech rely on databases or other text formats which do not correspond directly to the way in which humans speak the information. For example, databases and other applications often contain text like this:
Des Moines City of Health Dept ofor like this:
NYSE IBM +2.13 183.43...or like this:
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 18:55:48 -0400
From: ksmith@xyz.org (Karen Smith)
Such raw text cannot be fed directly into a speech synthesizer. E-Speech text preprocessors translate such text into:
City of Des Moines, Department of Healthand
On the N Y S E, I B M was up two thirteen to one eighty-three forty-three.and
Friday, January fourteenth, twenty eleven; six fifty-five P M.E-Speech has worked on preprocessors for
From: K Smith at X Y Z dot org; Karen Smith
Telephone directories
Driving directions
Traffic reports
We would be happy to develop a custom text-preprocessor for your application.