Implementation of Text-To-Speech for Real Time Embedded System Using ARM Processor

Abstract

The real time hardware implementation of Text-To-Speech system has been drawing attention of the research community due to its various real time applications. These include reading aids for the blind, talking aid for the vocally handicapped and training aids and other commercial applications. All these applications demand the real time embedded platform to meet the real time specifications such as speed, power, space requirements etc. In this context the embedded processor ARM has been chosen as hardware platform to implement Text-To-Speech conversion. This conversion needs algorithms to perform various operations like parts of speech tagging, phrase marking, word to phoneme conversion and clustergen synthesis. We are using ARM 7 Processor for the implementation.