{"product_id":"improvements-in-speech-synthesis-cost-258-the-naturalness-of-synthetic-speech-hardback-9780471499855","title":"Improvements in Speech Synthesis; Cost 258: The Naturalness of Synthetic Speech (Hardback) 9780471499855","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eImprovements in Speech Synthesis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCost 258: The Naturalness of Synthetic Speech\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eE. Keller (Edited by), E Keller (Author), G. Bailly (Edited by), A. Monaghan (Edited by), J. Terken (Edited by), M. Huckvale (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780471499855, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 12 October 2001\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e416 pages\u003cbr\u003e25 x 17.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.822 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\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNaturalness in synthetic speech is one of the most intractable problems in information technology today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlthough speech synthesis systems have improved considerably over the last 20 years, they rarely sound entirely like human speakers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy is this so, and what can be done about it?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProsodic processing must be rendered more varied and more appropriate to the speech situation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTiming, melodic control and the relationships between the various prosodic parameters need increased attention\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSignal processing systems must be developed and perfected that are capable of generating more than just one voice from a database\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA better understanding must be achieved of what distinguishes one voice from another, and of how speech styles differ between simply reading aloud numbers and sentences and their use in interactive speech\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew evaluation methodologies should be developed to provide objective and subjective measurements of the intelligibility of the synthetic speech and the cognitive load imposed upon the listener by impoverished stimuli\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdequate text markup systems must be proposed and tested with multiple languages in real-world situations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFurther research is required to integrate speech synthesis systems into larger natural-language processing systems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eImprovements in Speech Synthesis\u003c\/i\u003e presents the latest research in the above areas. Contributors include speech synthesis specialists from 16 countries, with experience in the development of systems for 12 European languages. This volume emerges from a four-year European COST project focused on \"The Naturalness of Synthetic Speech\", and will be a valuable text for everyone involved in speech synthesis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Issues in Signal Generation 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Towards Greater Naturalness: Future Directions of Research in Speech Synthesis 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric Keller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Towards More Versatile Signal Generation Systems 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGerard Bailly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 A Parametric Harmonic ‡ Noise Model 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGerard Bailly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The COST 258 Signal Generation Test Array 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGerard Bailly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Concatenative Text-to-Speech Synthesis Based on Sinusoidal Modelling 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEduardo Rodiguez Banga, Carmen Garcia Mateo and Xavier Fernandez Salgado\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Shape Invariant Pitch and Time-Scale Modification of Speech Based on a Harmonic Model 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDarragh O'Brien and Alex Monaghan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Concatenative Speech Synthesis Using SRELP 76\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eErhard Rank\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Issues in Prosody 87\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Prosody in Synthetic Speech: Problems, Solutions and Challenges 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlex Monaghan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 State-of-the-Art Summary of European Synthetic Prosody R\u0026amp;D 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlex Monaghan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Modelling FO in Various Romance Languages: Implementation in Some TTS Systems 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilippe Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Acoustic Characterisation of the Tonic Syllable in Portuguese 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoao Paulo Ramos Teixeira and Diamantino R.S. Freitas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Prosodic Parameters of Synthetic Czech: Developing Rules for Duration and Intensity 129\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarie Dohalska, Jana Mejvaldova and Tomas Dubeda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 MFGI, a Linguistically Motivated Quantitative Model of German Prosody 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHansjorg Mixdorff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Improvements in Modelling the FO Contour for Different Types of Intonation Units in Slovene 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAles Dobnikar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Representing Speech Rhythm 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrigitte Zellner Keller and Eric Keller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Phonetic and Timing Considerations in a Swiss High German TTS System 165\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeat Siebenhaar, Brigitte Zellner Keller and Eric Keller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Corpus-based Development of Prosodic Models Across Six Languages 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJustin Fackrell, Halewijn Vereecken, Cynthia Grover, Jean-Pierre Martens and Bert Van Coile\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Vowel Reduction in German Read Speech 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristina Widera\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Issues in Styles of Speech 197\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Variability and Speaking Styles in Speech Synthesis 199\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJacques Terken\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 An Auditory Analysis of the Prosody of Fast and Slow Speech Styles in English, Dutch and German 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlex Monaghan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Automatic Prosody Modelling of Galician and its Application to Spanish 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEduardo Lopez Gonzalo, Juan M. Villar Navarro and Luis A. Hernandez Gomez\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Reduction and Assimilatory Processes in Conversational French Speech: Implications for Speech Synthesis 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDanielle Duez\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Acoustic Patterns of Emotions 237\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBranka Zei Pollermann and Marc Archinard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The Role of Pitch and Tempo in Spanish Emotional Speech: Towards Concatenative Synthesis 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJuan Manuel Montero Martinez, Juana M. Gutierrez Arriola, Ricardo de Cordoba Herralde, Emilia Victoria Enriquez Carrasco and Jose Manuel Pardo Munoz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Voice Quality and the Synthesis of Affect 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAilbhe Ni Chasaide and Christer Gobl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Prosodic Parameters of a 'Fun' Speaking Style 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKjell Gustafson and David House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Dynamics of the Glottal Source Signal: Implications for Naturalness in Speech Synthesis 273\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChrister Gobl and Ailbhe Ni Chasaide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 A Nonlinear Rhythmic Component in Various Styles of Speech 284\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrigitte Zellner Keller and Eric Keller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Issues in Segmentation and Mark-up 293\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Issues in Segmentation and Mark-up 295\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Huckvale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 The Use and Potential of Extensible Mark-up (XML) in Speech Generation 297\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Huckvale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Mark-up for Speech Synthesis: A Review and Some Suggestions 307\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlex Monaghan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Automatic Analysis of Prosody for Multi-lingual Speech Corpora 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel Hirst\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Automatic Speech Segmentation Based on Alignment with a Text-to-Speech System 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePetr Horak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Using the COST 249 Reference Speech Recogniser for Automatic Speech Segmentation 339\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNarada D. Warakagoda and Jon E. Natvig\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Future Challenges 349\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Future Challenges 351\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric Keller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Towards Naturalness, or the Challenge of Subjectiveness 353\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGenevieve Caelen-Haumont\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Synthesis Within Multi-Modal Systems 363\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Breen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 A Multi-Modal Speech Synthesis Tool Applied to Audio-Visual Prosody 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonas Beskow, Bjorn Granstrom and David House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Interface Design for Speech Synthesis Systems 383\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGudrun Flach\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 391\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Electronics \u0026amp; communications engineering [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Electronics \u0026amp; communications engineering\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Electronics%20\u0026amp;%20communications%20engineering%20%5BTJ%5D%22\"\u003eTJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52293500829976,"sku":"9780471499855","price":173.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780471499855.jpg?v=1781642700","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/improvements-in-speech-synthesis-cost-258-the-naturalness-of-synthetic-speech-hardback-9780471499855","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}