(TTS) text to speech
text-to-speech
Objectives
Combine
Sound +Vision = Sound feedback for interface changes
Speech + Text =Â Include speech to text to text to speech
Vision + Speech =Â Imagined speech
Simplify
Platform =Â Make it more accessible for the user
Visual =Â Minimum viable visuals
Content =Â Divide the content into understandable sections
Amplify
Text =Â Highlight text
Content =Â Highlight the text being red
Display =Â Function buttons on page
Function =Â Have speech do more than just the text
Minimize
Keys =Â Less keys with more functions
Function = Divide options to advanced and visible
Modify
Content =Â LanguageÂ
Voice+content =Â Have different speech tone / speed / accent, for different contentÂ
Isolate
Hearing =Â Noise reduction
User
Issues
- Natural and pleasant to listen to
- Most speech synthesis have a neutral, one-size-fits-all expression, regardless of what it's saying.
- Expressions, expressive vs. unexpressive
- Language
- The voices are weird
Concerns
- What impact could the author have when using TTS?
- Language translation
- Frequency of Software Usage
user analysisÂ
- difficulties with language processing
- problems decoding words/text
- comprehension difficulties
- cannot read grade-level text