11. The text to speech method according to claim 1 , wherein said selecting the voice characteristic comprises receiving an input, said input comprising a plurality of values and mapping said plurality of values to said weightings.
11. The text to speech method according to claim 1 , wherein said selecting the voice characteristic comprises receiving an input, said input comprising a plurality of values and mapping said plurality of values to said weightings. 12. The text to speech method according to claim 11 , wherein said values occupy an n-dimensional value space and said weightings occupy a w-dimensional weightings space, where n and w are integers and w is larger than n such that a mapping transform that maps the input values to the weightings transforms the input values to a higher dimensional space.