"Good morning gentlemen, my name is Nick Campbell. I'm very happy to announce the release and sale of our speech synthesis system. The American telecom giant, AT&T, likes my voice - or rather, they like what we can do with speech in general. If we have a recording of your voice, we can make you say almost anything, in languages other than your own, but in your own voice. However, I have to be honest, it still may not sound like you, because the intonation is as important as the voice, and unless we have a lot of speech recordings, we probably won't get it right first time. Thank you."

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