Title :
A Dictionary-Based Approach for Thai Text to Speech (TTTS)
Author :
Pornpanomchai, Chomtip ; Soontharanont, Nichakant ; Langla, Charnchai ; Wongsawat, Narunat
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Mahidol Univ., Bangkok, Thailand
Abstract :
The idea of text to speech by a computer is an enhancement of the human learning ability. Due to the fact that each person has individual ability of visualization, the receiving of information in the form of voice helps make everything become easier. The objective of this research is to develop computer software that can translate Thai Text to Speech (TTTS). The TTTS consists of four modules, which are 1) Input Thai text file, 2) Text processing, 3) Dictionary Lookup, and 4) Speech synthesis. The TTTS dictionary contains more than 5,300 Thai primitive words and their sound waves. The experiment is conducted on 30 Thai text files, which contain more than 3200 Thai words. The reading precision of the TTTS is around 74.05 percent, with the reading speech of 0.88 second per word.
Keywords :
dictionaries; natural language processing; speech synthesis; text analysis; TTTS dictionary; Thai text to speech; computer software; dictionary lookup; dictionary-based approach; human learning ability; input Thai text file; speech synthesis; text processing; Artificial neural networks; Computers; Conferences; Dictionaries; Hidden Markov models; Speech; Speech processing; Dictionary-based; Siphonic Thai Text to Speech; Table Lookup; Thai Word;
Conference_Titel :
Measuring Technology and Mechatronics Automation (ICMTMA), 2011 Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shangshai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9010-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICMTMA.2011.17
