Swahili text-to-speech system
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Date
2005Author
Ngugi, K.
Okelo-Odongo, William
Wagacha, P. W.
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Text-to-speech (TTS) applications have been applied in diverse areas all over the
world. Considering the fact that Swahili pronunciation is not complicated, and the language
spoken by about 45 – 100 million people as their first or second language,, we considered the
feasibility, and developed a Swahili Text-to-Speech (TTS) system. This paper gives an account of
the Swahili TTS system developed. It discusses the analysis, design, achievements, points out some
fundamental issues encountered in its development, and suggestions for extensions to achieve a
complete Swahili TTS system.
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African Journal of Science and Technology (AJST) Science and Engineering Series Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 80 - 89Publisher
School of Computing and Informatics