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if you want a synthetic voice to sound natural you will have to tell the software the _intent_ of the words not just the words. You would need a markup language for that
<emph> I </emph> said <quote><questionword> yes </quote></questionword>
The W3C has a TTS markup language, SSML, <http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-synthesis/>. However, SSML is not a _semantic_ markup language. SSML gives directives about prosidy and pronunciation.
> And don't put down festival. Many (most?) of the comercial systems
_are_ festival.
I am not putting down Festival. However, I don't believe that many or most commercial systems are based on Festival.
I think we should take any further discussion off-list.
Regards, Moshe
-- Moshe Yudkowsky Disaggregate 2952 W Fargo Chicago, IL 60645 USA
<http://www.Disaggregate.com>
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