Improvements in Speech Synthesis
Keller
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Description for Improvements in Speech Synthesis
Hardcover. This is an accumulation of studies emanating from COST 258, a European action concerned with issues in the improvement of speech synthesis. It addresses improving the output quality when producing speech synthesis for world languages and presents the research results of COST 258. Editor(s): Keller, Eric; Bailly, G.; Monaghan, A. I. C.; Terken, J.; Huckvale, M. Num Pages: 408 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: TJK; UYU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 249 x 174 x 28. Weight in Grams: 812.
Naturalness in synthetic speech is one of the most intractable problems in information technology today. Although speech synthesis systems have improved considerably over the last 20 years, they rarely sound entirely like human speakers.
Why is this so, and what can be done about it?
* Prosodic processing must be rendered more varied and more appropriate to the speech situation
* Timing, melodic control and the relationships between the various prosodic parameters need increased attention
* Signal processing systems must be developed and ... Read more
Naturalness in synthetic speech is one of the most intractable problems in information technology today. Although speech synthesis systems have improved considerably over the last 20 years, they rarely sound entirely like human speakers.
Why is this so, and what can be done about it?
* Prosodic processing must be rendered more varied and more appropriate to the speech situation
* Timing, melodic control and the relationships between the various prosodic parameters need increased attention
* Signal processing systems must be developed and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471499855
SKU
V9780471499855
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99-50
About Keller
E. Keller is the editor of Improvements in Speech Synthesis: Cost 258: The Naturalness of Synthetic Speech, published by Wiley. G. Bailly is the editor of Improvements in Speech Synthesis: Cost 258: The Naturalness of Synthetic Speech, published by Wiley.
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