You are now following this Submission
- You will see updates in your followed content feed
- You may receive emails, depending on your communication preferences
Editor's Note: This file was selected as MATLAB Central Pick of the Week
TTS text to speech.
TTS (TXT) synthesizes speech from string TXT, and speaks it. The audio format is mono, 16 bit, 16k Hz by default.
WAV = TTS(TXT) does not vocalize but output to the variable WAV.
TTS(TXT,VOICE) uses the specific voice. Use TTS('','List') to see a list of availble voices. Default is the first voice.
TTS(...,PACE) set the pace of speech to PACE. PACE ranges from -10 (slowest) to 10 (fastest). Default 0.
TTS(...,FS) set the sampling rate of the speech to FS kHz. FS must be one of the following: 8000, 11025, 12000, 16000, 22050, 24000, 32000, 44100, 48000. Default 16.
This function requires the Mirosoft Win32 Speech API (SAPI).
Examples:
% Speak the text;
tts('I can speak.');
% List availble voices;
tts('I can speak.','List');
% Do not speak out, store the speech in a variable;
w = tts('I can speak.',[],-4,44100);
wavplay(w,44100);
Cite As
Siyi Deng (2026). text-to-speech (https://nl.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/18091-text-to-speech), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
Acknowledgements
Inspired by: tts version 1.0
Inspired: TMM reflectivity simulator for DBR microcavity polaritons, Sudoku Solver with Computer Voice, Number to Words, TACTICS Toolbox, Interval workout timer
General Information
- Version 1.0.0.0 (2.05 KB)
MATLAB Release Compatibility
- Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
| Version | Published | Release Notes | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0.0 |
