A NEW COMPUTER voice synthesiser for people with speech disorders
uses a rapid text facility that enables
the users to conduct a near normal
conversation and, more crucially, to
alter. its speech mode to reflect their
mood (Spectrum, No 233).
Developed by scientists at
Dundee University in Scotland, the
system can reflect anger, sadness,
happiness, grief, disgust and fury, by
allowing the operator to tap in the
emotion wanted.
Scientists say they are only years
away from developing a fully
portable synthesised speech system
- a computer system that fits into
the pocket, with a speaker on the
user's lapel and perhaps a screen
menu built into a pair of spectacles.
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