The IRISA text-to-speech system for the Blizzard Challenge 2016
This paper describes the implementation of the IRISA unit selection-based TTS system for
our participation in the Blizzard Challenge 2016. We describe the process followed to build …
our participation in the Blizzard Challenge 2016. We describe the process followed to build …
The IRISA text-to-speech system for the Blizzard challenge 2017
This paper describes the implementation of the IRISA unit selection-based TTS system for
our participation to the Blizzard Challenge 2017. We describe the process followed to build …
our participation to the Blizzard Challenge 2017. We describe the process followed to build …
[PDF][PDF] MARY TTS participation in the Blizzard Challenge 2007
M Schröder, A Hunecke - Proceedings of the Blizzard Challenge 2007, 2007 - Citeseer
This paper describes the second participation of the open source MARY TTS unit selection
system in a Blizzard challenge. Compared to last year's system, a number of welldefined …
system in a Blizzard challenge. Compared to last year's system, a number of welldefined …
[PDF][PDF] The UPC TTS system description for the 2008 blizzard challenge
This paper presents the UPC TTS system named Ogmios. It was used to generate the voices
in UK English and Mandarin Chinese for Blizzard Challenge 2008. Ogmios is a system …
in UK English and Mandarin Chinese for Blizzard Challenge 2008. Ogmios is a system …
[PDF][PDF] OpenMary–open source unit selection as the basis for research on expressive synthesis
M Schröder, A Hunecke, S Krstulovic - Blizzard Workshop, 2006 - festvox.org
This paper describes the unit selection component of the open source text-to-speech system
OpenMary. It is a generic unit selection component with parameterisable target and join cost …
OpenMary. It is a generic unit selection component with parameterisable target and join cost …
[PDF][PDF] The application of interactive speech unit selection in TTS systems.
P Rutten, J Fackrell - INTERSPEECH, 2003 - isca-archive.org
Speech unit selection algorithms have the task to find a single sequence of speech units that
optimally fit the target transcription of an utterance that must be synthesized. In doing so …
optimally fit the target transcription of an utterance that must be synthesized. In doing so …
Non-uniform unit selection and the similarity metric within BT's Laureate TTS system
AP Breen, P Jackson - The Third ESCA/COCOSDA Workshop …, 1998 - isca-speech.org
In BT's Laureate text to speech system, the process of generating natural sounding synthetic
speech from text can be viewed as a three stage process. The first stage attempts to convert …
speech from text can be viewed as a three stage process. The first stage attempts to convert …
[PDF][PDF] The blizzard challenge 2006
CL Bennett, AW Black - Proc. Blizzard Challenge, 2006 - cs.cmu.edu
Abstract Last year the Blizzard Challenge 2005 introduced the speech synthesis community
to the concept of large scale, multi-site evaluation of TTS systems using common data. In …
to the concept of large scale, multi-site evaluation of TTS systems using common data. In …
[PDF][PDF] Speech database reduction method for corpus-based TTS system.
M Isogai, H Mizuno - INTERSPEECH, 2010 - isca-archive.org
We propose a new speech database reduction method that can create efficient speech
databases for concatenation-type corpus-based TTS systems. Our aim is to create small …
databases for concatenation-type corpus-based TTS systems. Our aim is to create small …
[PDF][PDF] The wiston text to speech system for Blizzard 2008
J Tao, J Yu, L Huang, F Liu, H Jia… - Blizzard Challenge …, 2008 - researchgate.net
The WISTON system is a large corpus based TTS system with the unit selection method. The
text analysis part of this system contains text pre-processing, word segmentation, POS …
text analysis part of this system contains text pre-processing, word segmentation, POS …