From Text to Voice — The Chasm Between Written and Spoken Language

Key Points

• The aim is to understand the differences between written and spoken language and the limitations of text-to-speech systems.
• Analysis of linguistic features distinguishing written from spoken language
• Evaluation of text-to-speech systems in capturing speech qualities
• Exploration of theoretical implications for understanding language
• Text-to-speech systems struggle to reproduce the expressive nuances found in natural speech.
• Identified specific characteristics that differentiate written language from spoken language.
• Findings suggest that spoken language conveys emotional and contextual depth often lost in text.