{"product_id":"developments-in-speech-synthesis-hardback-9780470855386","title":"Developments in Speech Synthesis (Hardback) 9780470855386","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDevelopments in Speech Synthesis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMark Tatham (Author), Katherine Morton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470855386, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 February 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.2 x 17.3 x 2.5 cm, 0.807 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWith a growing need for understanding the process involved in producing and perceiving spoken language, this timely publication answers these questions in an accessible reference.  Containing material resulting from many years’ teaching and research, \u003ci\u003eSpeech Synthesis\u003c\/i\u003e provides a complete account of the theory of speech.  By bringing together the common goals and methods of speech synthesis into a single resource, the book will lead the way towards a comprehensive view of the process involved in human speech. The book includes applications in speech technology and speech synthesis.  \u003cp\u003eIt is ideal for intermediate students of linguistics and phonetics who wish to proceed further, as well as researchers and engineers in telecommunications working in speech technology and speech synthesis who need a comprehensive overview of the field and who wish to gain an understanding of the objectives and achievements of the study of speech production and perception. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements.  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Current Work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. High-Level and Low-Level Synthesis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Low-Level Synthesisers: Current Status.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Text-To-Speech.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Different Low-Level Synthesisers: What Can Be Expected?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Low-Level Synthesis Potential.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: A New Direction for Speech Synthesis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. A View of Naturalness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Physical Parameters and Abstract Information Channels.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Variability and System Integrity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Automatic Speech Recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: High-Level Control.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. The Need for High-Level Control.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. The Input to High-Level Control.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Problems for Automatic Text Markup.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Areas for Improvement.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Filling Gaps.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Using Different Units.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Waveform Concatenation Systems: Naturalness and Large Databases.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Unit Selection Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Markup.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. VoiceXML.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. SABLE.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. The Need for Prosodic Markup.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Strengthening the High-Level Model.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Speech.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. Basic Concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Underlying Basic Disciplines: Expression Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. Labelling Expressive\/Emotive Content.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. The Proposed Model.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. Types of Model.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII: Expanded Static and Dynamic Modelling.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. The Underlying Linguistics System.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. Planes for Synthesis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII: The Prosodic Framework, Coding and Intonation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. The Phonological Prosodic Framework.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. Sample Code.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31. XML Coding.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32. Prosody: General.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33. Phonological and Phonetic Models of Intonation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IX: Approaches to Natural-Sounding Synthesis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34. The General Approach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35. The Expression Wrapper in XML.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36. Advantages of XML in Wrapping.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37. Considerations in Characterising Expression\/Emotion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38. 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