<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-03T15:52:43Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/DECC9DB0-8FD3-4401-85D2-3ED0ACA419FF" ns1:id="DECC9DB0-8FD3-4401-85D2-3ED0ACA419FF"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/6DB92F45-0E3B-41B4-9B87-74F960C4519F" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/2094735F-FCF1-42B8-A34F-9924485FC551" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/2094735F-FCF1-42B8-A34F-9924485FC551" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2022-06-29T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/289A9B00-44E1-498A-A4A0-C0A3BC104082" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2021-05-31T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">90321</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>A multi-voice-based synthesiser that provides a ‘text-to-speech’ conversion service that could enable users to access a wide range of custom voices and superior audio quality at an affordable cost.</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Collaborative R&amp;D</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>SpeechKit is a rapidly growing UK SME addressing the need for affordable high-quality custom voices in text-to-speech services. Its founders are using their experience in engineering and entrepreneurship to develop a multi-voice speech synthesiser that takes advantage of new technology to produce high-quality custom voices at a fraction of the price offered by existing vendors. SpeechKit aims to democratise the text-to-speech market by making custom voices available to small-to-medium-sized companies and wider demographic segments.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>