Evaluating the pronunciation component of text-to-speech systems for English: A performance comparison of different approaches

Computer Speech and Language

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-176

  Damper, R I ^a,b   Marchand, Y ^a   Adamson, M J ^a   Gustafson, K ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d Telia Promoter AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; GLOSSARIES; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

AUTOMATIC PHONEMIZATIONS; DATA-DRIVEN METHODS;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 0033106614     PISSN: 08852308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/csla.1998.0117     Document Type: Article

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