A situational analysis of current speech-synthesis systems for child voices: A scoping review of qualitative and quantitative evidence
(1) Background: Speech synthesis has customarily focused on adult speech, but with the
rapid development of speech-synthesis technology, it is now possible to create child voices …
rapid development of speech-synthesis technology, it is now possible to create child voices …
[PDF][PDF] Objective evaluation measures for speaker-adaptive HMM-TTS systems
This paper investigates using objective quality measures to evaluate speaker adaptation
performance in HMM-based speech synthesis. We compare several objective measures to …
performance in HMM-based speech synthesis. We compare several objective measures to …
Combining vocal tract length normalization with hierarchical linear transformations
Recent research has demonstrated the effectiveness of vocal tract length normalization
(VTLN) as a rapid adaptation technique for statistical parametric speech synthesis. VTLN …
(VTLN) as a rapid adaptation technique for statistical parametric speech synthesis. VTLN …
[PDF][PDF] Controlling formant frequencies with neural text-to-speech for the manipulation of perceived speaker age
Z Khan, L Wihlborg, C Valentini-Botinhao… - Proc. Interspeech …, 2023 - isca-archive.org
In this paper, we present a framework for formant-controllable neural text-to-speech. We
train a model that predicts formant frequencies which then condition melspectrogram …
train a model that predicts formant frequencies which then condition melspectrogram …
[PDF][PDF] Expressive speech synthesis in human interaction
É Székely - 2015 - researchgate.net
When a synthetic voice represents a human being, its capability to facilitate social interaction
becomes paramount. Extralinguistic aspects of the synthetic voice, such as age, gender …
becomes paramount. Extralinguistic aspects of the synthetic voice, such as age, gender …
Speaker adaptation with minimal data in statistical speech synthesis systems
A Mohammadi - 2014 - acikbilim.yok.gov.tr
Statistical speech synthesis (SSS) systems have the ability to adapt to a target speaker with
a couple of minutes of adaptation data. Developing adaptation algorithms to further reduce …
a couple of minutes of adaptation data. Developing adaptation algorithms to further reduce …
[引用][C] Voice conversion for dubbing using linear predictive coding and hidden markov model
FM Mukhneri, I Wijayanto, S Hadiyoso - Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University, 2020
[PDF][PDF] Perceptual and acoustic similarities between the voices of family members: an approach to synthesize a voice based on family-shared f0 characteristics
E Rykova - 2018 - erepo.uef.fi
Human voice provides the means for verbal communication and forms a part of personal
identity. Unfortunately, not every individual can produce speech output. In clinical …
identity. Unfortunately, not every individual can produce speech output. In clinical …