A Comparative Study on Speech Output System “Emacspeak”

Abstract

Speech output system for person with disabilities emerged as a powerful tool. A direct speech access system “Emacspeak” provides this feature. It is a well-developed speech output interface. Quality-wise Emacspeak is different from traditional screen readers based applications as it makes application speak. Basically, it is a full-fledged system for one who can’t see to allow speech output. The foundation of Emacspeak is Emacs which helps the user by generating set of spoken feedbacks. In this paper all the versions of Emacspeak is thoroughly studied to identify the future scope and improvements.