EDN, February 17th, 1994
Speech-synthesis integrated circuits (IC) are being used in a growing number and range of consumer products, including toys, appliances, clocks, and devices for the handicapped. Current high-quality speech-synthesis systems use samples of an actual human voice and data compression for predictive-coding algorithms, the two most popular of which are adaptive differential pulse-code modulation (ADPCM) and linear predictive coding (LPC). The algorithms compress speech samples stored in memory while retaining 'near-toll-quality' speech. Oki Semiconductor's speech-synthesis ICs use ADPCM coding syst...
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