Progress in Speech Synthesis

Progress in Speech Synthesis
Author: Jan P.H. van Santen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 591
Release: 2013-06-29
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1461218942

For a machine to convert text into sounds that humans can understand as speech requires an enormous range of components, from abstract analysis of discourse structure to synthesis and modulation of the acoustic output. Work in the field is thus inherently interdisciplinary, involving linguistics, computer science, acoustics, and psychology. This collection of articles by leading researchers in each of the fields involved in text-to-speech synthesis provides a picture of recent work in laboratories throughout the world and of the problems and challenges that remain. By providing samples of synthesized speech as well as video demonstrations for several of the synthesizers discussed, the book will also allow the reader to judge what all the work adds up to -- that is, how good is the synthetic speech we can now produce? Topics covered include: Signal processing and source modeling Linguistic analysis Articulatory synthesis and visual speech Concatenative synthesis and automated segmentation Prosodic analysis of natural speech Synthesis of prosody Evaluation and perception Systems and applications.

Dialogue Processing in Spoken Language Systems

Dialogue Processing in Spoken Language Systems
Author: Elisabeth Meier
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 236
Release: 1997-06-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9783540631750

This book constitutes the strictly refereed post-workshop documentation of the ECAI'96 Workshop on Dialogue Processing in Spoken Language Systems, held in Budapest, Hungary, in August 1996, during ECAI'96. The volume presents 16 revised full papers including a detailed introduction and survey paper by the volume editors. The papers are organized in sections on foundations of spoken language dialogue systems, dialogue systems and prosodic aspects of spoken dialogue processing, spoken dialogue systems-design and implementation, and evaluation of systems. The book reports on work being pursued both in academia and in industry as a crucial issue in speech processing.

The Handbook of Pragmatics

The Handbook of Pragmatics
Author: Laurence Horn
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 864
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0470756713

The Handbook of Pragmatics is a collection of newly commissioned articles that provide an authoritative and accessible introduction to the field, including an overview of the foundations of pragmatic theory and a detailed examination of the rich and varied theoretical and empirical subdomains of pragmatics. Contains 32 newly commissioned articles that outline the central themes and challenges for current research in the field of linguistic pragmatics. Provides authoritative and accessible introduction to the field and a detailed examination of the varied theoretical and empirical subdomains of pragmatics. Includes extensive bibliography that serves as a research tool for those working in pragmatics and allied fields in linguistics, philosophy, and cognitive science. Valuable resource for both students and professional researchers investigating the properties of meaning, reference, and context in natural language.

Data-Driven Techniques in Speech Synthesis

Data-Driven Techniques in Speech Synthesis
Author: R.I. Damper
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1475734131

This first review of a new field covers all areas of speech synthesis from text, ranging from text analysis to letter-to-sound conversion. At the leading edge of current research, the concise and accessible book is written by well respected experts in the field.