IMPROVED TEXT TO SPEECH CONVERSION

摘要

There is disclosed a method of operating language based conversion of a text message into speech, the method comprising the steps of: retrieving the text message; converting the text message into computer-generated speech based on a language identifier; and playing the computer generated speech to a subscriber, wherein the method has an automatic mode of operation in which t he language identifier is selected automatically, and a fixed mode of operation in which the language identifier is predetermined. A system for implementing such a method is also disclosed.