{"id":5379,"date":"2014-09-24T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T13:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.specialtyansweringservice.net\/?p=5379"},"modified":"2018-12-13T08:05:29","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T13:05:29","slug":"infographic-explaining-speech-synthesis-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.specialtyansweringservice.net\/infographic-explaining-speech-synthesis-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Infographic explaining speech synthesis technology."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>H.A.L. 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Lost in Space\u2019s B-9, that sounded the warning, \u201cDanger Will Robinson!\u201d Number 5, the electrified robot from Short Circuit. What do these artificial life forms have in common? Movies with cheesy writing and bad graphics? No. Two words: speech synthesis.<\/p>\n<p>The first computer-based speech synthesis systems came about in the 1950s. Technology quickly advanced, and by the 1970s, handheld electronics with speech synthesis emerged, like Texas Instruments\u2019 Speak &amp; Spell, and arcade games such as Stratovox and Berzerk.<\/p>\n<p>The key elements of speech synthesis systems are the degree of naturalness and intelligibility of the speech. There are two synthetic waveforms associated with creating these characteristics \u2013 concatenative synthesis and formant synthesis. Concatenative is arguably the most natural because it strings together pre-recorded sounds; however, computerized formant speech is clearly understandable even at a rapid fire pace.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.specialtyansweringservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/infographic-explaining-speech-synthesis-technology\/speech-synthesis-infographic.jpg\" alt=\"Speech synthesis technology infographic\" width=\"710\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.specialtyansweringservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/infographic-explaining-speech-synthesis-technology\/speech-synthesis-infographic.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.specialtyansweringservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/infographic-explaining-speech-synthesis-technology\/speech-synthesis-infographic-196x1024.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Speech synthesis is a integral part of IVR systems; those awesome <a title=\"Automated\" href=\"https:\/\/www.specialtyansweringservice.net\/answering-services\/automated\/\">automated answering systems<\/a> call centers use to triage calls and promote self service. In a personal capacity, if you&#8217;ve ever used Siri, consider yourself experienced. Want to know more? <a title=\"Learn About Speech Synthesis\" href=\"https:\/\/www.specialtyansweringservice.net\/library-books\/learn-about-speech-synthesis\/\">Dig deeper into our speech synthesis paper here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Copy the code below to use this infographic:<\/p>\n<p>[html]<br \/>\n&lt;img title=\u201dSpeech Synthesis Technology Infographic\u201d alt=\u201dSpeech Synthesis Technology Infographic\u201d src=\u201dhttps:\/\/www.specialtyansweringservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/infographic-explaining-speech-synthesis-technology\/speech-synthesis-infographic.jpg\u201d width=\u201d710\u2033 \/&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;pre&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image originally posted on &lt;a href=\u201dhttps:\/\/www.specialtyansweringservice.net\/infographic-explaining-speech-synthesis-technology\/\u201d&gt;The SAS Blog&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/em&gt;<br \/>\n[\/html]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>H.A.L. 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey. 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