LINGUISTIC CRITERIA FOR BUILDING AND RECORDING UNITS FOR CONCATENATE SPEECH SYNTHESIS IN BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE

5th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, EUROSPEECH 1997

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 725-728

  Albano, Eleonora Cavalcante ^a   Aquino, Patricia Aparecida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINGUISTICS; SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

CONCATENATIVE SPEECH SYNTHESIS; NASAL VOWELS; PROSODICS; SYLLABLE STRUCTURES;

SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

EID: 9444233610     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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