Integration and evaluation of an HMM-based Text-To-Speech System to five

Author

Maciel, Alexandre ; Filho, Edson Carvalho

Author_Institution

Inf. Center, Fed. Univ. of Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil

fYear

2012

fDate

11-13 April 2012

Firstpage

633

Lastpage

636

Abstract

This work presents an integration process and a quality evaluation of HMM-based Text-To-Speech System to FIVE (Framework for an Integrated Voice Environment). Speech synthesis approaches were studied, commercial synthesizers were tested and a standard of extensibility were developed for the FIVE. The integration process was successful and the quality evaluation was conducted based on three approaches: on MBROLA diphones, on HMM-based Text-To-Speech approach, and on Loquendo´s products. The acquired results were considered relevant for HMM voices analysis and for FIVE quality increment.

Keywords

hidden Markov models; speech synthesis; FIVE; HMM voices analysis; HMM-based text-to-speech system evalation; HMM-based text-to-speech system integration; Loquendo´s products; MBROLA diphones; commercial synthesizers; extensibility standard; framework for an integrated voice environment; hidden Markov models; integration process; quality evaluation; speech synthesis; Engines; Hidden Markov models; High temperature superconductors; Speech; Speech synthesis; Synthesizers; Training; Evaluation; Framework; Text-To-Speech;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Signals and Image Processing (IWSSIP), 2012 19th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vienna

ISSN

2157-8672

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-2191-5

Type

conf

Filename

6208323