Title :
F0 generation in a text-to-speech system using a database of natural F0 patterns
Author :
Da Silva, Cairo Humberto ; Nagle, Edson Jose ; Runstein, Fernando ; Violaro, Fabio
Author_Institution :
CPqD-Telebras, Campinas, Brazil
Abstract :
This paper describes the new F0 (fundamental frequency) generation model developed for the CPqD (Research and Development Center of TELEBRAS) text-to-speech system. This system produces speech for the Portuguese language spoken in Brazil. The F0 generation model is based on a database of F0 patterns, which are concatenated into new F0 contours. This model is also based on a prosodic parser. The F0 contours produced using this model have been shown to produce high-quality synthetic speech
Keywords :
natural language interfaces; speech synthesis; Brazil; CPqD; F0 contours; F0 generation; Portuguese language; TELEBRAS; concatenation; fundamental frequency generation; high-quality synthetic speech; natural F0 pattern database; prosodic parser; text-to-speech system; Concatenated codes; Data analysis; Databases; Electronic mail; Natural languages; Research and development; Signal synthesis; Speech synthesis; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunications Symposium, 1998. ITS '98 Proceedings. SBT/IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Sao Paulo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5030-8
DOI :
10.1109/ITS.1998.713119
