Abstract:
The development of Text to Speech synthesis systems as part of the Human Language Technology is a dominating research field in the present age. Languages are the backbone of every culture and developing technologies in every language is a basic requirement for users. Technology development focusing on the standard languages is a discouraging trend for many users who are not well-versed in these languages, but are in need of assistive technology. This paper focusses on the challenges in developing speech systems for non-standard languages, in light of a TTS development work in Malayalam language (non-standard language used in South India).