HMM speech synthesis based on MDCT representation
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DOI: 10.1007/s10772-018-09571-9
Abstract: Hidden Markov model (HMM) based text-to-speech (TTS) has become one of the most promising approaches, as it has proven to be a particularly flexible and robust framework to generate synthetic speech. However, several factors such… read more here.
Keywords: hmm speech; speech; mdct representation; speech synthesis ... See more keywords
Hidden-Markov-model based statistical parametric speech synthesis for Marathi with optimal number of hidden states
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DOI: 10.1007/s10772-018-09578-2
Abstract: Hidden Markov Model and Deep Neural Networks based Statistical Parametric Speech Synthesis systems, gain a significant attention from researchers because of their flexibility in generating speech waveforms in diverse voice qualities as well as in… read more here.
Keywords: hidden markov; speech synthesis; synthesis; speech ... See more keywords
Speech synthesis for glottal activity region processing
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DOI: 10.1007/s10772-018-09583-5
Abstract: The objective of this paper is to demonstrate the significance of combining different features present in the glottal activity region for statistical parametric speech synthesis (SPSS). Different features present in the glottal activity regions are… read more here.
Keywords: activity region; speech synthesis; glottal activity; speech ... See more keywords
Fast Griffin Lim based waveform generation strategy for text-to-speech synthesis
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DOI: 10.1007/s11042-020-09321-7
Abstract: The performance of text-to-speech (TTS) systems heavily depends on spectrogram to waveform generation, also known as the speech reconstruction phase. The time required for the same is known as synthesis delay. In this paper, an… read more here.
Keywords: text speech; speech; speech synthesis; waveform generation ... See more keywords
Writing practices on tablets with speech synthesis in grade 1 and 2
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2021.101742
Abstract: Abstract The use of one-to-one tablets in literacy education is significant and increasing. This study investigates what 36 grade 1 and 2 students do when they write on tablets with speech synthesis pronouncing what the… read more here.
Keywords: speech synthesis; practices tablets; synthesis; synthesis grade ... See more keywords
Lhasa-Tibetan Speech Synthesis Using End-to-End Model
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DOI: 10.1109/access.2019.2940125
Abstract: With the development of deep learning technology, speech synthesis based on deep neural networks has gradually become the mainstream method in the field of speech synthesis. In this paper, we explored the Tacotron2 model for… read more here.
Keywords: speech synthesis; synthesis; end; lhasa tibetan ... See more keywords
A Text-to-Speech Pipeline, Evaluation Methodology, and Initial Fine-tuning Results for Child Speech Synthesis.
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DOI: 10.1109/access.2022.3170836
Abstract: Speech synthesis has come a long way as current text-to-speech (TTS) models can now generate natural human-sounding speech. However, most of the TTS research focuses on using adult speech data and there has been very… read more here.
Keywords: speech; methodology; child speech; fine tuning ... See more keywords
Robust Pitch Extraction Method for the HMM-Based Speech Synthesis System
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DOI: 10.1109/lsp.2017.2712646
Abstract: This letter proposes an efficient method for extracting pitch from speech signals for the hidden Markov model (HMM)-based speech synthesis system (HTS). In the proposed method, voicing detection and pitch estimation is performed using the… read more here.
Keywords: pitch; hmm based; based speech; method ... See more keywords
Development of Indonesian audiovisual speech synthesis system for assistance children with delayed speech
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DOI: 10.1121/1.5146835
Abstract: Hearing impairment is one of the congenital deafness frequently found in children, which is followed by a delayed speech. Furthermore, a speech therapist currently available is limited. In this research, we outlined the development of… read more here.
Keywords: delayed speech; speech; audio visual; speech synthesis ... See more keywords
A real-time voice cloning system with multiple algorithms for speech quality improvement
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283440
Abstract: With the development of computer technology, speech synthesis techniques are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Speech cloning can be performed as a subtask of speech synthesis technology by using deep learning techniques to extract acoustic information from… read more here.
Keywords: system; speech; voice; speech synthesis ... See more keywords
Semi-Supervised Learning for Robust Emotional Speech Synthesis with Limited Data
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DOI: 10.3390/app13095724
Abstract: Emotional speech synthesis is an important branch of human–computer interaction technology that aims to generate emotionally expressive and comprehensible speech based on the input text. With the rapid development of speech synthesis technology based on… read more here.
Keywords: speech; semi supervised; emotional speech; synthesis ... See more keywords