Further research is required to integrate speech synthesis systems into larger natural-language processing systems "Improvements in Speech Synthesis" presents the latest research in the above areas. Contributors include speech synthesis specialists from 16 countries, with experience in the development of systems for 12 European languages. This volume emerges from a four-year European COST project focussed on "The Naturalness of Synthetic Speech, " and will be a valuable text for everyone involved in speech synthesis.