Indonesian text-to-speech using syllable concatenation for PC-based low vision aid

Severe low vision patient cannot read a text clearly. Thus, an instrument engineered for them should have an extra function to read aloud the text. Nowadays, Bahasa Indonesia is still not supported properly in any text to speech modul. This ongoing research is trying to develop an Indonesian text to speech with syllable concatenation. The input of the system comes from a plain text file or manually typed input. This text is then truncated until we get a list of words. The word is then analyzed using brute force algorithm to get proper combination of syllable according to the sound library, which has been recorded previously. Arranged sound then came out from speaker. Test of the system shows that this method works well for any text in Bahasa Indonesia.