Expressive/Affective Speech Synthesis

Springer Handbooks

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 505-518

  Campbell, Nick ^a  

^a Knowledge Creating Communication Research Centre   (Japan)

Author keywords

Affective State; Emotional Expressivity; Propositional Content; Speech Synthesis; Voice Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032869479     PISSN: 25228692     EISSN: 25228706     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-49127-9_25     Document Type: Chapter

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