Interactive Emotive Speech Demo
Computer generated speech has always tended to sound a little bland, even if it was clear. Loquendo has an interesting interactive demo here so that you can try adding emphasis to sentences. You can also add sound effects like whistles, snores, yawns, and more. This may make listening to books from a digital text much more interesting if they were coded to the different voices of the characters and the narrator.
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