Title :
Modeling of intonation bearing emphasis for TTS-synthesis of Greek dialogues
Author :
Galanis, D. ; Darsinos, V. ; Kokkinakis, G.
Author_Institution :
Wire Commnun. Lab., Patras Univ., Greece
Abstract :
TTS (text-to-speech) synthesis of neutral-style Greek with good intelligibility and quality was achieved some time ago. As a further step towards expanding the application domain of the TTS-system developed in our laboratory, the incorporation of emphasis into the speech used in man-machine dialogues according to their context has been studied recently. This paper reports the method applied to the analysis of intonation patterns, the results of this analysis, the algorithm established for the creation of desired intonation patterns and its implementation in the existing TTS-system for Greek
Keywords :
natural language interfaces; speech intelligibility; speech synthesis; Greek dialogues; context; intonation patterns; intonation-bearing emphasis; man-machine dialogue; speech intelligibility; speech quality; text-to-speech synthesis; Algorithm design and analysis; Humans; Laboratories; Man machine systems; Natural languages; Pattern analysis; Speech analysis; Speech synthesis; Testing; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Spoken Language, 1996. ICSLP 96. Proceedings., Fourth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3555-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICSLP.1996.607865
