Models of speech synthesis.
- 24 October 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 92 (22) , 9932-9937
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.92.22.9932
Abstract
The term ''speech synthesis'' has been used for diverse technical approaches, In this paper, some of the approaches used to generate synthetic speech in a text-to-speech system are reviewed, and some of the basic motivations for choosing one method over another are discussed, It is important to keep in mind, however, that speech synthesis models are needed not just for speech generation but to help us understand how speech is created, or even how articulation can explain language structure, General issues such as the synthesis of different voices, accents, and multiple languages are discussed as special challenges facing the speech synthesis community.Keywords
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