Title :
Improvements in the voice quality of DECtalk®
Abstract :
The new version of DECtalk® offers significant improvements in the voice quality of formant-based synthesized voices. The key to the improved voice quality is the incorporation of the HLsyn model; HLsyn is a hybrid articulatory-acoustic model of speech production. The new DECtalk voices sound more natural and can be easily modified to create a variety of different voices. The voices can be tailored to meet the requirements of specific applications and of individual users. The new DECtalk voices are simply better.
Keywords :
speech processing; speech synthesis; DECtalk; HLsyn model; formant-based synthesized voices; hybrid articulatory-acoustic model; speech production; voice quality; Acoustic noise; Automatic control; Control system synthesis; Humans; Marketing and sales; Noise generators; Nominations and elections; Shape control; Spectrogram; Speech synthesis;
Conference_Titel :
Speech Synthesis, 2002. Proceedings of 2002 IEEE Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7395-2
DOI :
10.1109/WSS.2002.1224372
