Title :
A psychologically-governed approach to novel-word pronunciation within a text-to-speech system
Author :
Sullivan, K.P.H. ; Damper, R.I.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron & Comput. Sci., Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
On the basis of previous psychological research, a psychologically motivated approach to the technical problem of novel-word pronunciation within a text-to-speech system is presented. The psychological basis for, and the structure of, the resultant model are outlined. Initial results for a partial implementation are given
Keywords :
psychology; speech synthesis; model; novel-word pronunciation; partial implementation; psychologically motivated approach; text-to-speech system; Computer science; Dictionaries; Electronic equipment testing; Error analysis; Frequency; Humans; Lattices; Psychology; Speech synthesis; Virtual colonoscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, 1990. ICASSP-90., 1990 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
DOI :
10.1109/ICASSP.1990.115674
