Title :
A comprehensive analysis, synthesis system and synthesis methodology for the production of high quality speech
Author :
Andrews, Justin ; Curtis, Menyn
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nottingham Univ., UK
Abstract :
The paper presents a complete speech synthesis system, which addresses the problems of accurate formant analysis and synthesis to produce high quality natural-sounding multi-gender/multi-language speech. The system comprises two main elements; the Nottingham Parallel Seven Formant Speech Synthesizer implemented on a multi-transputer network for real time execution, and a highly accurate formant analysis system based on the group delay function. The paper also presents a systematic approach to the definition of a speech demisyllable database which can be used for parametric or non-parametric speech synthesis of the German language. The results of the analysis and synthesis of speech sounds and a male German utterance are presented
Keywords :
natural languages; parallel architectures; real-time systems; speech synthesis; transputer systems; German language; Nottingham Parallel Seven Formant Speech Synthesizer; formant analysis; group delay function; high quality speech; multigender multilanguage speech; multitransputer network; nonparametric speech synthesis; parametric speech synthesis; real time execution; speech demisyllable database; synthesis methodology; synthesis system; Cepstral analysis; Databases; Information analysis; Linear predictive coding; Natural languages; Production systems; Speech analysis; Speech recognition; Speech synthesis; Synthesizers;
Conference_Titel :
Speech, Image Processing and Neural Networks, 1994. Proceedings, ISSIPNN '94., 1994 International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1865-X
DOI :
10.1109/SIPNN.1994.344842
