Volume 6 Issue 41 (July 2021) PP. 183-198 DOI 10.35631/IJEPC.641014 Special Issue: Supporting the Continuation of Language Teaching and Learning at Malaysian Higher Education Institution Copyright © GLOBAL ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE (M) SDN BHD - All rights reserved 183 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELLING (IJEPC) www.ijepc.com A CASE STUDY ON MANDARIN TEXT-TO-SPEECH Yoke Lian Lau 1* , Wan Hurani Osman 2 , Bernadette Tobi 3 , Irma Wani Othman 4 1 Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia Email: yokelian@ums.edu.my 2 Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia Email: wanosman@ums.edu.my 3 Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia Email: bernadette@ums.edu.my 4 Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia Email: irma@ums.edu.my * Corresponding Author Article Info: Abstract: Article history: Received date: 15.05.2021 Revised date: 24.06.2021 Accepted date: 20.07.2021 Published date: 31.07.2021 To cite this document: Yoke, L. L., Osman, W. H., Tobi, B., & Othman, I. W. (2021). A Case Study on Mandarin Text-To-Speech. International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling, 6 (41), 183-198. DOI: 10.35631/IJEPC.641014 This work is licensed under CC BY 4.0 There are three objectives of this study. First, to investigate the effectiveness of TTS in Mandarin language reading, find out the shortage of TTS, and understand the difference between machine-reading and human reading. Second, the study concludes that TTS technology is mature enough now but still needs to solve some problems in specific criteria such as conveying humanity elements, putting in more human nature, and expressing human emotions in the reading process in the future. Third, teaching mandarin reading is still necessary as the TTS system could not, instead of the importance of a teacher in reading and learning thoroughly. Keywords: Text-To-Speech Technology, Mandarin Language, Human Reading, Machine- Reading