| You don't often think about the role that voice | | | | to speech. This can include websites, emails, office |
| synthesizers play in your daily life. If you stop and | | | | programs, and financial software. Many visually |
| think about it, you're surrounded by them | | | | impaired people find that life is a lot easier with |
| everywhere you go. Your car may have one if it | | | | this kind of technology at their fingertips. |
| tells you your speed or any repairs that need to | | | | Digital books are hitting the market at a rapid |
| be made. If you use a GPS, then you definitely | | | | pace and they not only allow you to download |
| have a voice synthesizer that tells you where to | | | | your favorite titles instantaneously, but they also |
| drive and what turns to make. | | | | convert any downloaded text into speech so that |
| Your home and work computers both come | | | | you can listen to, rather than read, your books. |
| equipped with voice synthesizers. Most popular | | | | This is great for anyone who's crunched for time |
| office productivity software incorporates this | | | | but doesn't want to miss out on their favorite |
| technology so you can have your computer read | | | | books and publications. |
| documents and emails to you. Cell phones are | | | | Voice synthesizers are everywhere. It's a |
| beginning to adopt this technology. Some even | | | | wonderful form of technology that enables people |
| read text messages and emails to you so you | | | | to bridge the gap between man and machine. As |
| don't have to stop what you're doing. | | | | time progresses, there will surely be more and |
| Voice synthesizers have also been developed to | | | | more applications for this type of technology. It |
| help the visually impaired accomplish their daily | | | | will be interesting to see what voice synthesizers |
| tasks. Some software caters specifically to those | | | | will be used for next! |
| disabilities by converting any text on the screen | | | | |