Title :
A Naxi speech synthesis system based on pitch-synchronous overlap-add
Author :
Jian, Yang ; Yuanyuan, Pu ; Bing, Liu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Electron. Sci., Yunnan Univ., Kunming, China
Abstract :
Naxi is a tone language spoken by the Naxi nationality of China. Based on pitch-synchronous overlap-add technology, a Naxi speech synthesis system which can work in real time on a PC is developed according to the acoustical features of Naxi. In this system, monosyllables and four tones are selected as the basic speech unit. It reads in Naxi Pinyin text and converts it to fluent speech. Furthermore, a prosodic model including tone, duration and pause rules is constructed and applied in the Naxi speech synthesis system successfully
Keywords :
acoustic signal processing; real-time systems; speech processing; speech synthesis; China; Naxi Pinyin text; Naxi tone language; PC; acoustical features; duration; monosyllables; pause rules; pitch-synchronous overlap-add; prosodic model; real-time system; speech synthesis system; speech unit; text-to-speech conversion; History; Natural languages; Signal analysis; Signal synthesis; Spatial databases; Speech analysis; Speech synthesis;
Conference_Titel :
Signal Processing Proceedings, 1998. ICSP '98. 1998 Fourth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4325-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICOSP.1998.770296
