What are Text-to-speech applications?
TTS applications are sound synthesis (computer generated simulation of human speech) tools that convert written text to sound. Originally, these applications were created for blind people. An intelligible text-to-speech program allows people with visual impairments or reading disabilities to listen to written works on a home computer. Many computer operating systems have included speech synthesizers since the early 1980s. Nowadays, they are offered for commercial use, to promote commercial Web sites; for example, Site Pal
