<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><a href="http://www.EyesOnSuccess.net/eos_1308_podcast.mp3">1308 Progress in Speech Synthesis (Feb. 20, 2013) </a></div><div><div class="WordSection1"><p><a href="http://www.EyesOnSuccess.net/show_notes_1308.htm" target="_blank">Show Notes</a><br>Much adaptive technology relies on speech synthesis, which has evolved from humble beginnings to nearly human sounding speech. 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