Paper Info
Title
Ubiquitous voice synthesis: interactive manipulation of speech and singing on mobile distributed platforms
Abstract
Vocal production is one of the most ubiquitous and expressive activities of people, yet understanding its production and synthesis remains elusive. When vocal synthesis is elevated to include new forms of singing and sound production, fundamental changes to culture and musical expression emerge. Nowadays, Text-To-Speech (TTS) synthesis seems unable to suggest innovative solutions for new computing trends, such as mobility, interactivity, ubiquitous computing or expressive manipulation. In this paper, we describe our pioneering work in developing interactive voice synthesis beyond the TTS paradigm. We present DiVA and HandSketch as our two current voice-based digital musical instruments. We then discuss the evolution of this performance practice into a new ubiquitous model applied to voice synthesis, and we describe our first prototype using a mobile phone and wireless embodied devices in order to allow a group of users to collaboratively produce voice synthesis in real-time.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1145/1979742.1979700
CHI Extended Abstracts
Keywords
Field
DocType
ubiquitous voice synthesis,interactive voice synthesis,tts paradigm,vocal production,new ubiquitous model,vocal synthesis,new computing trend,interactive manipulation,ubiquitous computing,sound production,new form,voice synthesis,mobile device,mobile interaction,mobile devices,digital music,text to speech,real time
Interactivity,Speech synthesis,Computer science,Embodied cognition,Human–computer interaction,Mobile device,Singing,Musical expression,Mobile phone,Ubiquitous computing,Multimedia
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.51
2
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Nicolas d'Alessandro17511.07
Robert Pritchard2102.04
Johnty Wang3234.77
Sidney Fels41554317.17