A MODEL OF SEGMENT (AND PAUSE) DURATION GENERATION FOR BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE TEXT-TO-SPEECH SYNTHESIS

5th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, EUROSPEECH 1997

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 2655-2658

  Barbosa, Plinio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

ERROR DISTRIBUTIONS; PROSODICS; RANDOM ASSIGNMENT;

SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84902667184     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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