The role of duration models and symbolic representation for timing in synthetic speech

International Journal of Speech Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 1 SPEC., 2003, Pages 21-31

  Brinckmann, Caren ^a   Trouvain, Jürgen ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Duration modelling; Evaluation; Speech synthesis; Timing

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

SYLLABLE STRUCTURE;

SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0037235341     PISSN: 13812416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021043804581     Document Type: Article

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