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Predicting Prosody from Text for Text-to-Speech Synthesis

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  • Explores the intuitive relation between prosody and linguistic and production constraints
  • Proposes non-linear models such as neural networks and support vector machines for capturing the prosodic information from the linguistic and production constraints
  • Demonstrates the use of predicted prosodic knowledge for speech, speaker and language
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Speech Technology (BRIEFSSPEECHTECH)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Introduction

    • K. Sreenivasa Rao
    Pages 1-6
  3. Prosody Knowledge for Speech Systems: A Review

    • K. Sreenivasa Rao
    Pages 7-25
  4. Analysis of Durations of Sound Units

    • K. Sreenivasa Rao
    Pages 27-39
  5. Modeling Duration

    • K. Sreenivasa Rao
    Pages 41-63
  6. Modeling Intonation

    • K. Sreenivasa Rao
    Pages 65-75
  7. Prosody Modification

    • K. Sreenivasa Rao
    Pages 77-96
  8. Practical Aspects of Prosody Modification

    • K. Sreenivasa Rao
    Pages 97-111
  9. Summary and Conclusions

    • K. Sreenivasa Rao
    Pages 113-116
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 117-130

About this book

Predicting Prosody from Text for Text-to-Speech Synthesis covers the specific aspects of prosody, mainly focusing on how to predict the prosodic information from linguistic text, and then how to exploit the predicted prosodic knowledge for various speech applications. Author K. Sreenivasa Rao discusses proposed methods along with state-of-the-art techniques for the acquisition and incorporation of prosodic knowledge for developing speech systems.

Positional, contextual and phonological features are proposed for representing the linguistic and production constraints of the sound units present in the text. This book is intended for graduate students and researchers working in the area of speech processing.

Authors and Affiliations

  • , School of Information Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

    K. Sreenivasa Rao

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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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