Multilingual Text-to-Speech Synthesis
Multilingual Text-to-Speech Synthesis: The Bell Labs Approach is the first monograph-length description of the Bell Labs work on multilingual text-to-speech synthesis. Every important aspect of the system is described, including text analysis, segmental timing, intonation and synthesis. There is also a discussion of evaluation methodologies, as well as a chapter outlining some future areas of research. While the book focuses on the Bell Labs approach to the various problems of converting from...
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Multilingual Text-to-Speech Synthesis: The Bell Labs Approach is the first monograph-length description of the Bell Labs work on multilingual text-to-speech synthesis. Every important aspect of the system is described, including text analysis, segmental timing, intonation and synthesis. There is also a discussion of evaluation methodologies, as well as a chapter outlining some future areas of research. While the book focuses on the Bell Labs approach to the various problems of converting from text into speech, other approaches are discussed and compared. Thus, this book serves both the function of providing a single reference to an important strand of research in multilingual synthesis, while at the same time providing a source of information on current trends in the field. Chapters in this work were contributed by Richard Sproat, Jan van Santen, Bernd Möbius, Chilin Shih, Joseph Olive, Evelyne Tzoukermann, all of Bell Labs, and Kazuaki Maeda of the University of Pennsylvania. Booknews Describes the Bell Labs work on multilingual text-to-speech synthesis. Details important aspects of the system including text analysis, segmental timing, intonation, and synthesis, and discusses evaluation methodologies and future areas of research. Also outlines other approaches and compares them to the Bell Labs approach. Material represents the efforts of some 40 researchers working over a 20-year period. Includes an appendix of character set encodings, and a glossary of grammatical labels. Audio demonstrations are accessible on a Web site. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
List of FiguresList of TablesContributorsForewordPreface1Introduction12Methods and Tools73Multilingual Text Analysis314Further Issues in Text Analysis895Timing1156Intonation1417Synthesis1918Evaluation2299Further Issues245ACharacter Set Encodings255BGlossary of Grammatical Labels259References261Name Index284Subject Index289
\ BooknewsDescribes the Bell Labs work on multilingual text-to-speech synthesis. Details important aspects of the system including text analysis, segmental timing, intonation, and synthesis, and discusses evaluation methodologies and future areas of research. Also outlines other approaches and compares them to the Bell Labs approach. Material represents the efforts of some 40 researchers working over a 20-year period. Includes an appendix of character set encodings, and a glossary of grammatical labels. Audio demonstrations are accessible on a Web site. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
