6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: substituting each of one or more non-alphabet characters in the text with respective one or more alphabet characters before the converting.
1. A method for synthesizing speech from content related to a media asset, the method comprising: receiving a request for a rendering of text associated with the media asset; and converting the text associated with the media asset into speech, the speech comprising a rendering of the text that is spoken in a native language of the text and customized with an accent associated with a user, wherein converting the text associated with the media asset into speech further comprises: obtaining a plurality of native phonemes of the text; determining the accent associated the user; mapping the plurality of native phonemes to a plurality of target phonemes associated with the accent; and generating the speech using the plurality of target phonemes.