Comments on: Text to Speech via HTML5 Audio http://ajaxian.com/archives/text-to-speech-via-html5-audio Cleaning up the web with Ajax Thu, 17 May 2012 07:43:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Nosredna http://ajaxian.com/archives/text-to-speech-via-html5-audio/comment-page-1#comment-277228 Nosredna Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:32:02 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=8251#comment-277228 When I was in college, we'd often order pizza with a text-to-speech computer voice. Good times. When I was in college, we’d often order pizza with a text-to-speech computer voice. Good times.

]]> By: clafayette http://ajaxian.com/archives/text-to-speech-via-html5-audio/comment-page-1#comment-277224 clafayette Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:30:57 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=8251#comment-277224 I work at a company that's developing a TTS web service. We have about 50 voices in 5 languages. You can check it out here: http://www.voiceforge.com I work at a company that’s developing a TTS web service. We have about 50 voices in 5 languages. You can check it out here: http://www.voiceforge.com

]]> By: Michael Mahemoff http://ajaxian.com/archives/text-to-speech-via-html5-audio/comment-page-1#comment-277216 Michael Mahemoff Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:48:44 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=8251#comment-277216 Would love to see text-to-speech get official support, maybe as a web service from Google or elsewhere in the short term, but as an extension to the audio tag in the long term. I could imagine voices to be downloadable and degradable, as with @font-face/font-family. <audio voice="swedish-chef; uk-english; english">Today we make the chocolate mousse!</audio> Yes, it could lead to all manner of gratuitous and annoying usage, but so can canvas and just about anything else if you set your mind to it. There are some very legitimate uses too, so bring it :) Would love to see text-to-speech get official support, maybe as a web service from Google or elsewhere in the short term, but as an extension to the audio tag in the long term. I could imagine voices to be downloadable and degradable, as with @font-face/font-family.

<audio voice=”swedish-chef; uk-english; english”>Today we make the chocolate mousse!</audio>

Yes, it could lead to all manner of gratuitous and annoying usage, but so can canvas and just about anything else if you set your mind to it. There are some very legitimate uses too, so bring it :)

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