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== Introduction == Speech synthesis refers to the artificial reproduction of human-like speech.<ref>Suendermann, D., Hรถge, H., & Black, A. (2010). Challenges in Speech Synthesis. In ''Speech Technology. Theory and Applications''. Springer.</ref> The very early attempts at speech synthesis can be traced back to as early as the 18th century<ref>Flanagan, J. L. (1976). Computers that talk and listen: Man-machine communication by voice. ''Proceedings of the IEEE'', ''64''(4), 405-415.</ref>, reflecting the undeniable significance of speech as a primary mode of human communication. Over time, technological advancements have greatly enhanced the accuracy, quality, and naturalness of synthesized speech; see for example projects such as OLGA<ref>Beskow, J., & McGlashan, S. (1997, August). Olga-A conversational agent with gestures. In ''Proceedings of the IJCAI'97 workshop on Animated Interface Agents-Making them Intelligent''.</ref>, which integrated audiovisual information and facial animation to boost speech intelligibility. In recent years, this scientific field has witnessed significant advancements driven by extensive research, expanding computational capabilities, the accessibility of speech data, and substantial financial investments in this domain<ref>http://research.spa.aalto.fi/publications/theses/lemmetty_mst/chap2.html</ref>. Additionally, qualitative and natural speech synthesis is a fundamental component in the implementation of today's [[Commercial TTS - Google, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft (2010s)|commercial voice assistants]].
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