Title :
Development of a demisyllable-based speech synthesis system
Author :
Eady, Stephen J. ; Hemphill, Tybring M S ; Woolsey, James R. ; Clayards, Jocelyn A W
Author_Institution :
Centre for Speech Technol. Res., Victoria Univ., BC, Canada
Abstract :
The development of a microcomputer-based voice output system for English that uses prerecorded demisyllables as units of synthesis is described. With an inventory of approximately 950 demisyllables, the system is capable of producing all possible syllables and words of English. By combining these units to form continuous speech, the system can produce any English sentence.<>
Keywords :
microcomputer applications; speech synthesis; voice equipment; English; continuous speech; demisyllable-based speech synthesis system; microcomputer-based voice output system; prerecorded demisyllables; Airports; Digital-analog conversion; Hardware; Land transportation; Linear predictive coding; Quantization; Read-write memory; Speech synthesis;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, 1989. Conference Proceeding., IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Victoria, BC, Canada
DOI :
10.1109/PACRIM.1989.48402
