ISSAI KazakhTTS

In order to stimulate research and innovation and also encourage the use of Kazakh in the digital sphere, the Institute of smart systems and artificial intelligence (ISSAI) of Nazarbayev University conducted a Kazakh language speech synthesis project. Text-to-speech (TTS) conversion is the artificial production of human speech. It allows to convert the written text to the speech signal. TTS is an essential component in many applications such as interactive smart assistant systems, navigation systems, announcement systems and assistive technologies for the visually-impaired. It enables human-technology interaction without requiring visual and tactile interfaces.