Speech Synthesis : An Introduction for Engineers (Signals and Communication Technology)

Hoffmann, R.

Springer（2012/07発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 250 p
• 商品コード 9783642191398

基本説明

Combines a profound introduction with a display of the recenct developments. CD included with a demo synthesis system as well as training material.

Full Description

This book gives a concise treatment of modern speech synthesiscomprises four parts which conduct from the fundamentals via a state-of-art display to an outlook of modern and future applications.The first introductory part contains a general discussion of the role of speech synthesis in the field of speech technology. In the second part, fundamentals are presented using the classical subdivision of text-to-speech systems into a linguistic and an acoustic part. The algorithms which are used in these parts build the fundament of speech synthesis. The third part presents advanced topics:Embedded TTS, inventory compression with standard codecsDatabases and toolsHMM synthesisAdaptive personal featuresProsody, models of emotionsMultilinguality, special problems with tone languagesIn the last part the authors describe key applications (automotive, telecommunication, etc.) and describe methods for evaluating the quality of TTS systems.

Contents

Introduction.- Fundamentals.-Advanced Topics.- Application and Evaluation.