Personal computer owners tend to collect fewer specialized output devices than input devices. Nevertheless, specialized output devices are available. Please describe a speech synthesizer.

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A speech synthesizer converts digital text into audio output. Speech synthesizers are used as adaptive devices on personal computers. They can read the text displayed in a word processor or on a Web page, making these computer services available to people with vision disabilities. For adaptive applications, speech synthesis has a great advantage over recorded audio files because they are generated "on-the-fly" and reflect exactly what appears on the screen.

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