Synthesizing Speech

Course Description

Have you ever wondered why the voice from Google Maps sounds so robotic? In this course, you will take a look inside the black box of language technology and learn how text-to-speech systems work.

Prior knowledge of programming or other technical skills is not required.

In this course, you will acquire new digital skills that complement your linguistic training.

Specifically, you will learn about:

• Practically applying your Phonetics knowledge

• The role of Linguistics in text-to-speech systems

• The components of Text-to-speech systems

• Building your own Text-to-speech system