TY - JOUR AB - Examines the development of DSP [digital signal processing] technology which has led to the increasing use of speech synthesis applications in the home, office and factory. Describes how the latest speech synthesizer chip works and outlines the product development cycle from the initial idea through the recording and encoding of the message to the end product: a speech synthesis device which can be used in a wide variety of manā€machine interface applications to warn, inform, instruct or to entertain. VL - 14 IS - 3 SN - 0144-5154 DO - 10.1108/EUM0000000004211 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000004211 AU - Evans Nick PY - 1994 Y1 - 1994/01/01 TI - Speech technology lets machines do the talking T2 - Assembly Automation PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 32 EP - 34 Y2 - 2024/03/29 ER -