Prediction of abstract prosodic labels for speech synthesis

Computer Speech and Language

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 155-185

  Ross, K ^a   Ostendorf, M ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; DECISION THEORY; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

ABSTRACT PROSODIC LABELS; DECISION TREE PROBABILITY FUNCTIONS; LOCATION SYMBOLIC TONES; RELATIVE PROMINENCE LEVEL;

SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0030181584     PISSN: 08852308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/csla.1996.0010     Document Type: Article

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