Text-to-Speech

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Introduction

Text To Speech,(TTS), converts text into sound.
EA integrate third party TTS software to provide this functionality, most recent robots, 2014 onwards use Acapela.

EA have also written software interfaces for:

Languages

TTS supports many different languages, and speakers, male, female, children, and characters.
There are also controls to vary the speed and tone of voices.

You test many of the Acapela voices on their website


As of Spring 2016 there are 34 Acapela Languages available:


  • Arabic
  • Catalan
  • Chinese Mandarin
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch (Belgium)
  • Dutch (Netherlands)
  • English (Australia)
  • English (India)
  • English (UK)
  • English (US)
  • Finnish
  • French
  • French (Belgium)
  • French (Canada)
  • German
  • Greek
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Norwegian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Portuguese (Brazil)
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Spanish (North America)
  • Swedish
  • Swedish (Finland)
  • Turkish