5. A system for producing a speech signal for generating a voice message comprising words in a dictionary having n words, said system comprising: a processor; a memory device interconnected to said processor; said memory device comprising: n first memory portions each storing a signal segment for generating a beginning portion of a unique word in said dictionary; n second memory portions each storing a signal segment for generating an end portion of a unique word in said dictionary; n.times.n third memory portions, each storing a signal segment corresponding to a unique word pair in said dictionary and for generating an end portion of an initial word in said pair, a smooth transition to a final word in said pair, and a beginning portion of said final word; an output device connected to said processor; wherein said processor is adapted to select and provide said output device signal segments selected from said first, second and third memory portions to produce said speech signal and wherein any first and second word in said dictionary may be generated from a signal segment selected from one of said first memory portions; a signal segment selected from one of said third memory portions; and a signal segment selected from one of said second memory portions.
5. A system for producing a speech signal for generating a voice message comprising words in a dictionary having n words, said system comprising: a processor; a memory device interconnected to said processor; said memory device comprising: n first memory portions each storing a signal segment for generating a beginning portion of a unique word in said dictionary; n second memory portions each storing a signal segment for generating an end portion of a unique word in said dictionary; n.times.n third memory portions, each storing a signal segment corresponding to a unique word pair in said dictionary and for generating an end portion of an initial word in said pair, a smooth transition to a final word in said pair, and a beginning portion of said final word; an output device connected to said processor; wherein said processor is adapted to select and provide said output device signal segments selected from said first, second and third memory portions to produce said speech signal and wherein any first and second word in said dictionary may be generated from a signal segment selected from one of said first memory portions; a signal segment selected from one of said third memory portions; and a signal segment selected from one of said second memory portions. 6. The system of claim 5, further comprising an input device interconnected to said processor, said input device adapted to receive and provide commands to said processor to produce speech signals at said output device.