Title
A method for combining intonation modelling and speech unit selection in corpus-based speech synthesis systems
Abstract
In this paper, we focus on improving the quality of corpus-based synthesis systems by considering several candidate intonation contours. These candidates are generated by a unit selection procedure for which cost functions are defined. The consideration of several possible pitch contours adds an additional degree of freedom to the search for appropriate speech units. Objective and subjective tests confirm an improvement in the quality of the resulting synthetic speech.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1016/j.specom.2005.12.004
Speech Communication
Keywords
Field
DocType
Speech synthesis,Unit selection,Corpus-based,Intonation
Speech synthesis,Degrees of freedom (statistics),Computer science,Speech recognition
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
48
8
0167-6393
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
14
0.87
7
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Francisco Campillo Díaz1315.22
Eduardo Rodríguez Banga29410.48