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Speechify is a mobile, chrome extension and desktop app that reads text aloud using a computer-generated text to speech voice. [1][2][3] The app also uses optical character recognition technology to turn physical books or printed text into audio. [4][5] The app lets users take photos of text and then listen to it read out loud. [6]
Apps such as textPlus and WhatsApp use Text-to-Speech to read notifications aloud and provide voice-reply functionality. Google Cloud Text-to-Speech is powered by WaveNet, [5] software created by Google's UK-based AI subsidiary DeepMind, which was bought by Google in 2014. [6] It tries to distinguish from its competitors, Amazon and Microsoft. [7]
Here are just some reasons why it is worthwhile creating spoken recordings of articles. Spoken articles make Wikipedia content available to those who can understand English but cannot read it. Users can listen to Wikipedia articles while they perform tasks that preclude reading but not concentration (such as running, or housework).
Shortcut. WP:SPAR. This page lists recordings of Wikipedia articles being read aloud, and the year each recording was made. Articles under each subject heading are listed alphabetically (by surname for people). For help playing Ogg audio, see Help:Media. To request an article to be spoken, see Category:Spoken Wikipedia requests.
microsoft.com /edge. Microsoft Edge (or simply nicknamed Edge) is a proprietary cross-platform web browser created by Microsoft. Released in 2015 along with both Windows 10 and Xbox One, it was initially built with Microsoft's own proprietary browser engine, EdgeHTML, and their Chakra JavaScript engine. [9]
WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia/Reading guidelines. Currently, there are no formal guidelines on Wikipedia on how to read an article aloud, and this could lead to a great deal of inconsistency and mistakes. Therefore, some guidelines are being collaborated below. These rules are a guideline only. If the rules prevent you from improving or ...
A screen reader is a form of assistive technology (AT) [1] that renders text and image content as speech or braille output. Screen readers are essential to people who are blind, [2] and are useful to people who are visually impaired, [2] illiterate, or have a learning disability. [3] Screen readers are software applications that attempt to ...
Website. github.com /espeak-ng /espeak-ng /. eSpeak is a free and open-source, cross-platform, compact, software speech synthesizer. It uses a formant synthesis method, providing many languages in a relatively small file size. eSpeakNG (Next Generation) is a continuation of the original developer's project with more feedback from native speakers.