Rare events and closed domains: Two delicate concepts in speech synthesis

International Journal of Speech Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 1 SPEC., 2003, Pages 57-71

  Möbius, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Linguistic analysis; Low frequency events; Prosody; Speech synthesis; Unit selection

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; FREQUENCIES; LINGUISTICS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; PROBLEM SOLVING; VOCABULARY CONTROL;

CLOSED DOMAINS;

SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0037236894     PISSN: 13812416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021052023237     Document Type: Article

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