A Review of Cross-Platform Document File Reader Using Speech Synthesis
Document files are files used to store documents on storagedevices primarily for computer use. Software is used to view these files,displaying their text content in a legible way. However, it is essential to haveprograms for transforming electronic files into versions usable by those whosuffer from specific disabilities. This paper reviewed fifteen published articlesin the field of document file reading. It was observed from the review thatvarious attempts have been made by different researchers in order to developa software cable for converting document files that consist of text to an audioformat. Text may now be easily translated into natural-sounding voice acrossmany platforms using different software. It was observed from the systematicreview that the use of AI such as the GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 Turbo LargeLanguage Model (LLM) technologies has the best performance because itdoes not end at producing a vocal sound that is similar to human own, but italso translates different languages. In conclusion, cross-platform documentfile reader (text-to-speech) synthesis has improved user experiences in avariety of applications such as language learning, audiobooks and virtualassistants.