Speech timing and rhythmic structure in Arabic dialects: A comparison of two approaches

8th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, ICSLP 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1613-1616

  Hamdi, Rym ^a   Barkat Defradas, Melissa ^a   Ferragne, Emmanuel ^a   Pellegrino, François ^a  

^a Institut des Sciences de l'Homme   (France)

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Indexed keywords

SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

ARABIC DIALECTS; DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS; NORTH AFRICA; RHYTHMIC STRUCTURES; SPEECH RHYTHM; STANDARD DEVIATION; TIMED LANGUAGES; VARIABILITY INDEX;

TIMING CIRCUITS;

EID: 85009070495     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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