Cantonese text-To-speech synthesis using sub-syllable units

EUROSPEECH 2001 - SCANDINAVIA - 7th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 991-994

  Law, K M ^a   Lee, Tan ^a   Lau, Wai ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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Indexed keywords

SPEECH; SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

CANTONESE; CONCATENATIVE SPEECH SYNTHESIS; PHONETIC PROPERTIES; SPEECH SEGMENTS; SUBJECTIVE LISTENING TEST; SYNTHETIC SPEECH;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84968719711     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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