Title :
Simulating stochastic behaviors in intonation control
Author :
Prom-On, Santitham
Author_Institution :
Comput. Eng. Dept., King Mongkut´´s Univ. of Technol., Bangkok, Thailand
Abstract :
This paper presents the extension of the quantitative target approximation model for simulating not only intonations but also stochastic behaviors in speech production. The simulation method first samples the initial F0 state from the initial F0 distribution. Then, to implement the communicative function, it predicts the pitch target parameters from the joint probability distribution of the initial F0 state the possible pitch target parameters. The stochastic simulation can generate highly correlated pitch targets from the distribution.
Keywords :
probability; speech processing; stochastic processes; intonation control; joint probability distribution; quantitative target approximation model; speech production; stochastic behavior simulation; Chromium; Computational modeling; Control system synthesis; Hidden Markov models; Humans; Natural language processing; Probability distribution; Speech processing; Speech synthesis; Stochastic processes;
Conference_Titel :
Natural Language Processing, 2009. SNLP '09. Eighth International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Bangkok
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4138-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4139-6
DOI :
10.1109/SNLP.2009.5340919