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should not lag behind in the competitive of Texas Instruments. • Text-to-Speech
job market in future. Therefore, it is or Speech Synthesis software: Text-to-
important to find out the means to Speech software or Speech Synthesis
improve the quality of English language is the artificial production of human
learning classes effectively; that is why speech. A text-to-speech (TTS) engine
this study was necessary. converts written text to phonemic
representation to waveforms that can
Operational Definition of Key Terms be output as sound.

• K-YAN Projector: K-YAN is a • Balabolka: It is a free text-to-
single wire, plug and play, integrated speech software. Its quality and flexibility
digital teaching device which was is as good as any paid application.
developed in collaboration with IIT With Balabolka we can customize the
Mumbai in 2004. It is portable, user reading. We can choose one from the
friendly and modelled on the best three reading options, namely- British
principles of technology in education. English, American English and Indian
It has won the India Innovation Award English. We can select the pitch and
2005 and Maharashtra IT Award the speed of the reading. We can also
2004 for best community learning choose from different voices that the
technology. K-Yan is actually a device software offers. In our study we have
that amalgamates a powerful DLP used this particular software in the
projector along with a Multimedia available K-YAN device. This software is
Computer and audio amplifier with available in various web platforms for
powerful speakers. The package also free.
consists of accessories like Wireless
Multimedia Keyboard; Wireless Optical Literature Review:
Mouse; signal receiver for the wireless K-YAN is certainly a very important
keyboard and mouse and a single Power invention for the education system of
Cord. Windows 8.1 SL / Linux is generally our country. It is a multimedia device;
provided as an operating system. It also therefore, it is pretty effective to grab
includes Office Package and other utility the attention of the learners for a long
software. K-YAN can also be connected time. It makes children more attentive,
to the Internet. K-YAN can be used for enthusiastic and interested in study.
different computations; it can also be Children seldom want to miss a class
used as a movie projector; we can use it in which a K-YAN is deployed (Mondal,
for Video Conferencing, for powerpoint 2014). The good news is with serious
presentations and also as a Technology effort on the part of the government
Aided Learning tool.
K-YAN has reached a considerable
• DLP Projector: The abbreviation number of schools. According to Shah
DLP stands for Digital Light Processing is (2019), in the last eleven years K-YAN has
a set of chipset based on optical micro- reached 30,000 schools and 5, 00,000
electro-mechanical technology that teachers. The same study shows that
uses a digital micromirror device. It was K-YAN empowers teachers as mentors;
originally developed by Larry Hornbeck it also claims that introduction of K-YAN

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