Automatic synthesis of natural-sounding intonation : for text-to-speech conversion in Dutch

J. M.B. Terken, R. Collier

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Abstract

A set of rules is proposed for the automatic synthesis of natural-sounding intonation as part of speech synthesis in Dutch from unrestricted text. Results of a formal perceptual evaluation show that the synthetic intonation is judged to be as natural as human intonation for isolated utterances; for texts, additional provisions are required to model contributions of text structure. It is suggested that the regularities expressed by the rules may apply to other languages as well.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEurospeech 89 : European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, Paris - September 1989
EditorsJ.P. Tubach, J.J. Mariani
Pages357-359
Number of pages3
VolumeOne
Publication statusPublished - 1989
Event1st European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, EUROSPEECH 1989 - Paris, France
Duration: 27 Sept 198929 Sept 1989

Conference

Conference1st European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, EUROSPEECH 1989
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period27/09/8929/09/89

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Foundation for Speech Technology, which is sponsored by the Dutch National Programme for the Advancement of Information Technology (SPIN), as part of the research programme "Analysis and Synthesis of Speech".

Publisher Copyright:
© 1st European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, EUROSPEECH 1989.

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