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Quality Of Synthetic Speech
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Author : Florian Hinterleitner
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-04-07
Quality Of Synthetic Speech written by Florian Hinterleitner and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-07 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This book reviews research towards perceptual quality dimensions of synthetic speech, compares these findings with the state of the art, and derives a set of five universal perceptual quality dimensions for TTS signals. They are: (i) naturalness of voice, (ii) prosodic quality, (iii) fluency and intelligibility, (iv) absence of disturbances, and (v) calmness. Moreover, a test protocol for the efficient indentification of those dimensions in a listening test is introduced. Furthermore, several factors influencing these dimensions are examined. In addition, different techniques for the instrumental quality assessment of TTS signals are introduced, reviewed and tested. Finally, the requirements for the integration of an instrumental quality measure into a concatenative TTS system are examined.
Improvements In Speech Synthesis
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Author : E. Keller
language : en
Publisher: Wiley
Release Date : 2001-11-28
Improvements In Speech Synthesis written by E. Keller and has been published by Wiley this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-11-28 with Technology & Engineering categories.
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 perfected that are capable of generating more than just one voice from a database * A better understanding must be achieved of what distinguishes one voice from another, and of how speech styles differ between simply reading aloud numbers and sentences and their use in interactive speech * New evaluation methodologies should be developed to provide objective and subjective measurements of the intelligibility of the synthetic speech and the cognitive load imposed upon the listener by impoverished stimuli * Adequate text markup systems must be proposed and tested with multiple languages in real-world situations * Further research is required to integrate speech synthesis systems into larger natural-language processing systems Improvements in Speech Synthesis presents the latest research in the above areas. Contributors include speech synthesis specialists from 16 countries, with experience in the development of systems for 12 European languages. This volume emerges from a four-year European COST project focussed on "The Naturalness of Synthetic Speech", and will be a valuable text for everyone involved in speech synthesis.
Voice And Speech Quality Perception
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Author : Ute Jekosch
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2005-08-02
Voice And Speech Quality Perception written by Ute Jekosch and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-02 with Computers categories.
Foundations of Voice and Speech Quality Perception starts out with the fundamental question of: "How do listeners perceive voice and speech quality and how can these processes be modeled?" Any quantitative answers require measurements. This is natural for physical quantities but harder to imagine for perceptual measurands. This book approaches the problem by actually identifying major perceptual dimensions of voice and speech quality perception, defining units wherever possible and offering paradigms to position these dimensions into a structural skeleton of perceptual speech and voice quality. The emphasis is placed on voice and speech quality assessment of systems in artificial scenarios. Many scientific fields are involved. This book bridges the gap between two quite diverse fields, engineering and humanities, and establishes the new research area of Voice and Speech Quality Perception.
Speech Prosody In Speech Synthesis Modeling And Generation Of Prosody For High Quality And Flexible Speech Synthesis
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Author : Keikichi Hirose
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-02-25
Speech Prosody In Speech Synthesis Modeling And Generation Of Prosody For High Quality And Flexible Speech Synthesis written by Keikichi Hirose and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-25 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The volume addresses issues concerning prosody generation in speech synthesis, including prosody modeling, how we can convey para- and non-linguistic information in speech synthesis, and prosody control in speech synthesis (including prosody conversions). A high level of quality has already been achieved in speech synthesis by using selection-based methods with segments of human speech. Although the method enables synthetic speech with various voice qualities and speaking styles, it requires large speech corpora with targeted quality and style. Accordingly, speech conversion techniques are now of growing interest among researchers. HMM/GMM-based methods are widely used, but entail several major problems when viewed from the prosody perspective; prosodic features cover a wider time span than segmental features and their frame-by-frame processing is not always appropriate. The book offers a good overview of state-of-the-art studies on prosody in speech synthesis.
Improvements In Speech Synthesis
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
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Analysis And Synthesis Of Speech
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Author : Vincent J. van Heuven
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2011-08-17
Analysis And Synthesis Of Speech written by Vincent J. van Heuven and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-17 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Text To Speech Synthesis
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Author : Shrikanth Narayanan
language : en
Publisher: Prentice-Hall PTR
Release Date : 2005
Text To Speech Synthesis written by Shrikanth Narayanan and has been published by Prentice-Hall PTR this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Computers categories.
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Applied Speech Technology
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Author : Ann K. Syrdal
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 1994-10-18
Applied Speech Technology written by Ann K. Syrdal and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-10-18 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Written by the world's top experts in the field, this multidisciplinary book explores all phases of speech technology. Topics covered include: Conversion of computerized (keyboarded) text into synthesized speech, aimed at developing "talking computers" Development of automatic speech recognition, allowing electronic devices to process verbal commands Speech training and the use of synthesized speech for the hearing- and speech-impaired In-depth discussions of specific speech technologies are included, as well as a treatment of the issues and challenges of human-computer interfaces. Oriented toward state-of-the-art applications, the book emphasizes the practical utilization of emerging technologies and includes numerous case studies.
Progress In Speech Synthesis
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Author : Jan P.H. van Santen
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-06-29
Progress In Speech Synthesis written by Jan P.H. van Santen and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-29 with Technology & Engineering categories.
For a machine to convert text into sounds that humans can understand as speech requires an enormous range of components, from abstract analysis of discourse structure to synthesis and modulation of the acoustic output. Work in the field is thus inherently interdisciplinary, involving linguistics, computer science, acoustics, and psychology. This collection of articles by leading researchers in each of the fields involved in text-to-speech synthesis provides a picture of recent work in laboratories throughout the world and of the problems and challenges that remain. By providing samples of synthesized speech as well as video demonstrations for several of the synthesizers discussed, the book will also allow the reader to judge what all the work adds up to -- that is, how good is the synthetic speech we can now produce? Topics covered include: Signal processing and source modeling Linguistic analysis Articulatory synthesis and visual speech Concatenative synthesis and automated segmentation Prosodic analysis of natural speech Synthesis of prosody Evaluation and perception Systems and applications.
Evaluation Of Text And Speech Systems
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Author : Laila Dybkjær
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2007-05-07
Evaluation Of Text And Speech Systems written by Laila Dybkjær and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-07 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
In its nine chapters, this book provides an overview of the state-of-the-art and best practice in several sub-fields of evaluation of text and speech systems and components. The evaluation aspects covered include speech and speaker recognition, speech synthesis, animated talking agents, part-of-speech tagging, parsing, and natural language software like machine translation, information retrieval, question answering, spoken dialogue systems, data resources, and annotation schemes. With its broad coverage and original contributions this book is unique in the field of evaluation of speech and language technology. This book is of particular relevance to advanced undergraduate students, PhD students, academic and industrial researchers, and practitioners.