The company is Woord.
Easily convert your Indian English text into professional speech for free. Perfect for e-learning, presentations, YouTube videos and increasing the accessibility of your website.
Woord’s Indian TTS is a unique startup based in the UK that aims to create a wide range of Artificial Intelligence enabled services and products such as text to speech. With Indian TTS you can have access to the voice-enable websites that will help you go for a voice demo test in Hindi and English languages.
Woord’s voices pronounce your texts in their own language using a specific accent. Plus, these texts can be downloaded as MP3. In some languages, multiple speakers are available.
Sign up here: www.getwoord.com
Historical Background
The English language was introduced to India in the 17th century when English
businessmen came to the country as traders. Even after the British rule was over in the
middle of the 20th century, English remained in use in India. Almost two hundred thousand
people claimed English as their first language and 125 million claimed it as a second
language. Together with Hindi, English is used as the official language of the Indian
government. It is familiar to almost all people of India.
Nowadays, English is used in many fields such as business, education, administration and
law. All rules and regulations should be written in English according to the country’s
constitution. It is also used as the medium of communication among college-educated
people. It is mostly used in formal situations, whereas Indian languages are used in
personal conversation. For example, English is used for the news on TV, but serials are in
Indian languages.
Indian English (IE)
The English language in India has developed its own dialect since it has been used there for
a long period of time. It has also been influenced by regional Indian languages.
Many people are aware of the importance of English and try to speak it well. Some people
try to speak it with a British accent. However, more recently people are moving towards
the American accent.
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