| Presentation | 2011-10-06 Basic study on a pitch-control method of a speech synthesis device for articulation disorders Ken-ichiro YABU, Tohru IFUKUBE, |
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| Abstract(in English) | As an assistive device for speech disability persons, we have proposed and developed a real-time speech synthesis device by which a user can control sound like playing a musical instrument. In this method, coordinates of a position pointed by a finger or pen is directly corresponding the speech synthesis parameters, the device enables expressions of nonverbal information such as time intervals or rhythms. Intelligibleness of voice has been gradually progressed in previous study, but the method to control both phonological and intonation change by using only one hand was not introduced. Therefore, two method was introduced: one is that (1) intonation control parameter is input from a pressing force by grip strength of little finger, and another is that (2) source sounds of formant synthesis is provided from a voice of a user by skin conduction microphone fitted on neck. In this paper, we report about a basic experiment of them by prototype device. |
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| Keyword(in English) | Formant / Voice Synthesis / Articulation Disorder / Intonation |
| Paper # | SP2011-59,WIT2011-41 |
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| Conference Date | 2011/9/29(1days) |
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| Title (in English) | Basic study on a pitch-control method of a speech synthesis device for articulation disorders |
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| Keyword(1) | Formant |
| Keyword(2) | Voice Synthesis |
| Keyword(3) | Articulation Disorder |
| Keyword(4) | Intonation |
| 1st Author's Name | Ken-ichiro YABU |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo() |
| 2nd Author's Name | Tohru IFUKUBE |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Institute of Gerontology, The University of Tokyo |
| Date | 2011-10-06 |
| Paper # | SP2011-59,WIT2011-41 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.111 |
| Number (no) | 226 |
| Page | pp.pp.- |
| #Pages | 6 |
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