Speech technology for minority languages: The case of Irish (Gaelic)

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 181-184

  Chasaide, Ailbhe Ní ^a   Wogan, John ^a   Raghallaigh, Brian Ó ^a   Bhriain, Áine Ní ^a   Zoerner, Eric ^a   Berthelsen, Harald ^a   Gobi, Christer ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Endangered; Irish gaelic; Letter to sound; Lexicon; Minority; Text to speech

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ENDANGERED; IRISH GAELIC; LEXICON; MINORITY; TEXT TO SPEECH;

REUSABILITY;

EID: 44949167484     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19909772     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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