Consistent interface for local and remote speech synthesis

The invention relates to a non-volatile computer memory medium on which an executable code module directing a client computing device is stored. The executable code module directs the client computing device to perform a process comprising: receiving, via the first interface, a first request to generate the first audio presentation for the first input text data, where the first request indicates the first voice using which the first audio presentation will be generated; selecting a second interface using the characteristics of the client computing device, where the second interface is the interface to the local text-to-speech module; using a second interface to generate the first audio presentation; receiving, using the first interface, a second request for generating a second audio presentation for second input text data, wherein the second request indicates a second voice, with the use of which the second audio presentation will be generated; selecting the third interface using the characteristics of the client computing device, where the third interface is the interface for the remote text-to-speech module; and using the third interface to generate a second audio presentation. The invention also relates to a computer-implemented method, and a system comprising a computing device comprising at least one processor. The solution reveals functions to provide a consistent interface for the needs of local and distributed text-to-speech systems. Certain parts of the TTS system such how voices and TTS mechanism elements can be installed on client devices, and some can be located on remote systems available via a network link. You can determine which components of the TTS system should be installed on the client device and which on the remote server should be installed. The uniform interface makes it easier to connect or otherwise use the TTS system by using the same methods and techniques regardless of which configuration of the TTS system is being installed.