Guangzhou WYS System Ltd was set up in 1993 starting as a prepress service centre in Southern China. We are working closely with Apple Computer and postscript font vendor to promote Desktop Publishing. By 2000, a new division was set up for web and multimedia production, that set the base for 2003 iTalkChinese TTS software development with Anhui USTC Iflytek.

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  Iflytek is a hi tech development company in Chinese Text-to-Speech technology (TTS), application development, system integration and hardware product sales. She is the only one TTS researching software entreprise that has been selected [as the national support scheme 863].(I don't understand what this means. Please explain it.

Iflytek was incorporated in June 1999 with its base at the National Intelligence Computer Research Centre, Anhui China, Science and Technology University Language Lab, Anhui, China. On top of this basis, several corporations, including Legend and Intel invested into Iflytek. Iflytek now has capital of 70 million and a market value of 220 million RMB.

In November 2001, Iflytek successfully launched the first Chinese TTS ASIC product. In December 2001, on the basis of its "ADSP" TTS card was widely employed into the products of Intel, Arm and Sunplus. Epson launched the first Global Positioning System Voice Chip Set together in partnership with Iflytek. and -- which is now widely used by many major brands