Czech Expressive Speech Synthesis in Limited Domain: Comparison of Unit Selection and HMM-based Approaches

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32790-2_80" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32790-2_80</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32790-2_80" target="_blank" >10.1007/978-3-642-32790-2_80</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Czech Expressive Speech Synthesis in Limited Domain: Comparison of Unit Selection and HMM-based Approaches

Original language description

This paper deals with expressive speech synthesis in a limited domain restricted to conversations between humans and a computer on a given topic. Two different methods (unit selection and HMM-based speech synthesis) were employed to produce expressive synthetic speech, both with the same description of expressivity by so-called communicative functions. Such a discrete division is related to our limited domain and it is not intended to be a general solution for expressivity description. Resulting synthetic speech was presented to listeners within a web-based listening test to evaluate whether the expressivity is perceived as expected. The comparison of both methods is also shown.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

JD - Use of computers, robotics and its application

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/TA01011264" target="_blank" >TA01011264: Elimination of the language barriers faced by the handicapped watchers of the Czech Television II</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2012

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

ISSN

0302-9743

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

2012

Issue of the periodical within the volume

7499

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

656-664

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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