"text-to-speech" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} text-to-speech (uncountable)
  1. (computing) The conversion of language text into speech using voice synthesis. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: TTS Translations (Translations): synthèse vocale de texte [feminine] (French)

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