(1) Background: Speech synthesis has customarily focused on adult speech, but with the
rapid development of speech-synthesis technology, it is now possible to create child voices …

It is well-known that children with expressive communication difficulties have the right to
communicate, but they should also have the right to do so in whichever language they …

Building synthetic child voices is considered a difficult task due to the challenges associated
with data collection. As a result, speaker adaptation in conjunction with Hidden Markov …

There is often a substantial mismatch between the synthetic voices used on augmentative
and alternative communication devices, and the child user's natural voice in relation to age …

Human voice provides the means for verbal communication and forms a part of personal
identity. Unfortunately, not every individual can produce speech output. In clinical …