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2008-10-23 14:00
Speech synthesis based on a transmission line model
-- Development of an adjustment function for phoneme duration -- Mamio Hokazono, Kohichi Ogata (Kumamoto Univ.) SP2008-58 |
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A speech synthesis system that simulates speech production process; generation of sound source, articulation and radiation has a potential for producing human-like synthesized speech. Taking advantage of the continuity of the vocal tract shape for synthesizing natural continuous speech, we have developed a speech synthesis system using a transmission line model. In the system, a vocal tract is modeled as 20 acoustic tubes and change in the areas of the acoustic tubes as a function of time is described using the time pattern of the step response of a cascaded first order system. Controlling temporal structure between articulatory movement and vocal fold vibration is important for producing stop consonants such as /p/, /t/ and /k/. In this paper, a GUI-based simulation system has been developed in order to investigate relative timing between articulation and vocal fold vibration. The simulation results showed adequate ranges between both the events for producing successful consonant sounds /p/, /t/ and /k/. These results allowed us to improve the speech synthesis system so that related parameters can be automatically adjusted for specified phoneme duration. |
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Speech production / Articulatory movements / Speech synthesis / Transmission line model / Vocal fold vibration / / / |
Reference Info. |
IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 108, no. 265, SP2008-58, pp. 13-18, Oct. 2008. |
Paper # |
SP2008-58 |
Date of Issue |
2008-10-16 (SP) |
ISSN |
Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685 Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380 |
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SP |
Conference Date |
2008-10-23 - 2008-10-24 |
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Kumamoto Univ. |
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Speech Sysnthesis, Speech Production, Prosody, etc. |
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Speech synthesis based on a transmission line model |
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Development of an adjustment function for phoneme duration |
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Speech production |
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Articulatory movements |
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Speech synthesis |
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Transmission line model |
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Vocal fold vibration |
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Mamio Hokazono |
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Kumamoto University (Kumamoto Univ.) |
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Kohichi Ogata |
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Kumamoto University (Kumamoto Univ.) |
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Date Time |
2008-10-23 14:00:00 |
Presentation Time |
30 minutes |
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SP |
Paper # |
SP2008-58 |
Volume (vol) |
vol.108 |
Number (no) |
no.265 |
Page |
pp.13-18 |
#Pages |
6 |
Date of Issue |
2008-10-16 (SP) |
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