A text-to-speech system for british English, and issues of dialect and style
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Although the concept of a multi-lingual text-to-speech system is a familiar one, rather li ttle attention has been given to the question of the variety of each language that is synthesized. This question can be asked not only of national or dialectal varieties but of style differences within those varieties. \Je present a demonstration and discussion of a British English text-to-speech system. ~~e issue of relatedness across dialects has been addressed in this system which incorporates British Received Pronunciation, in conjunction with a sister system which offers a General American
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