Paul Taylor

Rhetorical Systems Ltd. was a provider of text-to-speech (TTS) solutions. The company built high-quality voices which in many applications were indistinguishable from the real voices on which they were modeled. Rhetorical was headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland with offices in the U.S. and Europe. The company's complete focus on text-to-speech allowed it to set very high standards as it innovated, developed and maintained the highest quality products and services available. Rhetorical Systems was located in Edinburgh, UK.

Phonetic Arts produces natural speech synthesis products. It provides speech solutions to the software and entertainment industry. The firm comprises three main applications including composer, generator, and LipSync. It offers Morpher, which transforms speech to sound like it comes from a different character; LipSync, which provides the lip sync information for natural and recorded speech; and Synthesizer, which transforms the way speech is used in games. Phonetic Arts delivers technology that generates natural expressive speech, allowing computer games to say any sentence in any type of voice. With world leading expertise in all aspects of speech technology, its goal is to free games developers from the constraints of recorded samples and allow them to create rich, expressive and responsive dialog within their games.