A perspective on the next challenges for TTS research

Proceedings of 2002 IEEE Workshop on Speech Synthesis

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 211-214

  Schroeter, J ^a   Conkie, A ^a   Syrdal, A ^a   Beutnagel, M ^a   Jilka, M ^a   Strom, V ^a   Kim, Yeon Jun ^a   Kang, Hong Goo ^a   Kapilow, D ^a  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

QUALITY OF SPEECH; STATE OF THE ART; SYNTHESIZED SPEECH; TURING TESTS; UNIT SELECTION; VOICE PROMPTS;

SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84966269107     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSS.2002.1224411     Document Type: Conference Paper

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