Speech Synthesis for Educational Technology

Speech and Language Technology in Education, SLaTE 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 104-107

  Black, Alan W ^a  

^a Carnegie Mellon University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

education; speech synthesis

Indexed keywords

SPEECH PROCESSING;

EDUCATION SYSTEMS; LANGUAGE LEARNING; STATE OF THE ART; SYSTEM USE; TUTORIAL SYSTEM; VOICE CONVERSION TECHNIQUES;

SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

EID: 85133203140     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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