Modelling hesitation for synthesis of spontaneous speech

Proceedings of the International Conference on Speech Prosody

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Carlson, Rolf ^a   Gustafson, Kjell ^a,b   Strangert, Eva ^c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Acapela Group Sweden AB   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINAL LENGTHENING; SPONTANEOUS SPEECH;

SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

EID: 44949198616     PISSN: 23332042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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