6. Speech synthesis applications

6.1 Application examples

Many commercial applications incorporate speech synthesis systems. At present, the main market for this type of technology is telecommunications services. These services are typical of situations in which speech synthesis is the only means by which a computer system can transmit information to its users. Applications of text-to-speech in the field of telecommunications services include :

• Telephone reservation and order-taking services;

• telephone information services, where the use of speech synthesis is justified, especially when the information is likely to evolve rapidly. This is notably the case for banking services (with the provision, among other things, of account statements),...