<s>
NeoSpeech	B-Application
is	O
a	O
company	O
that	O
specializes	O
in	O
text-to-speech	B-Application
(	O
TTS	O
)	O
software	O
for	O
embedded	B-Architecture
devices	I-Architecture
,	O
mobile	O
,	O
desktop	O
,	O
and	O
network/server	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NeoSpeech	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
by	O
two	O
speech	O
engineers	O
in	O
Fremont	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
US	O
,	O
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NeoSpeech	B-Application
is	O
privately	O
held	O
,	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Santa	O
Clara	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stephen	O
Hawking	O
was	O
briefly	O
a	O
NeoSpeech	B-Application
TTS	O
user	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
but	O
soon	O
returned	O
to	O
using	O
his	O
iconic	O
DECtalk	B-Application
voice	B-Application
synthesizer	I-Application
since	O
he	O
identified	O
with	O
it	O
so	O
strongly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
Systems	O
has	O
selected	O
NeoSpeech	B-Application
speech	B-Application
synthesis	I-Application
for	O
their	O
e-learning	O
authoring	O
suite	O
Adobe	O
Captivate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neospeech	B-Application
was	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
Korean	O
company	O
named	O
Voiceware	O
Co.	O
,	O
Ltd	O
.	O
Voiceware	O
was	O
established	O
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2002	O
Voiceware	O
announced	O
the	O
establishment	O
of	O
US	O
subsidiary	O
,	O
NeoSpeech	B-Application
,	O
Inc.(www.neospeech.com 	O
)	O
at	O
San	O
Jose	O
,	O
CA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
January	O
2006	O
,	O
a	O
Japanese	O
photographic	O
company	O
named	O
Pentax	O
acquired	O
Voiceware	O
Co.	O
,	O
a	O
producer	O
of	O
text-to-speech	B-Application
software	I-Application
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
ReadSpeaker	O
(	O
another	O
text-to-speech	B-Application
company	O
,	O
the	O
creator	O
of	O
rSpeak	O
software	O
)	O
by	O
HOYA	O
in	O
2017	O
,	O
HOYA	O
gathered	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
voice	O
technology	O
companies	O
under	O
the	O
ReadSpeaker	O
brand	O
,	O
encompassing	O
the	O
existing	O
companies	O
and	O
brands	O
of	O
ReadSpeaker	O
,	O
rSpeak	O
,	O
Voiceware	O
,	O
VoiceText	O
,	O
and	O
NeoSpeech	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
VoiceText	O
speech	B-Application
synthesis	I-Application
is	O
the	O
NeoSpeech	B-Application
software	O
component	O
that	O
generates	O
synthesized	B-Application
speech	I-Application
from	O
input	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NeoSpeech	B-Application
uses	O
Unit	O
Selection	O
Synthesis	O
(	O
USS	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
utilizes	O
large	O
databases	O
of	O
recorded	O
sound	O
segments	O
to	O
create	O
synthesized	B-Application
speech	I-Application
.	O
</s>
