text to speech software

(Kessler Foundation) Kessler Foundation awarded major grant to University of Hawaii, to develop a virtual reality software application, EmployAble: A World Without Barriers, to help jobseekers with disabilities.

EmployAble will draw on innovative components of commercial VR software programs including Multiple User Virtual Environments, Second Life, Virtual World Simulation.

Employable will also demonstrate assistive technology, e.g.

Speech synthesis is the artificial production of human speech. A computer system used for this purpose is called a speech synthesizer, and can be implemented in software or hardware.

A text-to-speech (TTS) system converts normal language text into speech.