Background: There are only a handful of true anechoic chambers in existence that are designed for the purpose of audio recording of the human voice. All of them are in research institutions and therefore not available for commercial applications - except one. It is fair to say that the anechoic chamber designed by Voice Factory International (VFI) in New York City ranks among the finest in the world, complying fully with stringent specifications imposed by AT&T Labs for their Natural Voices  text-to-speech (TTS) products. VFI's best-of-breed anechoic chamber was constructed and brought on line in 2001. VFI staffs the facility with trained specialists in spoken voice recording, editing, engineering/mastering, and voice talent procurement and training.

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