In this paper, first experiments on statistical parametric HMM-based speech synthesis for the
Czech language are described. In this synthesis method, trajectories of speech parameters …

In this paper, the project “Elimination of the Language Barriers Faced by the Handicapped
Watchers of the Czech Television” aimed at making Czech TV broadcasting available to a …

The paper gives a brief summarisation of preparation and recording of a phonetically and
prosodically rich speech corpus for Czech unit selection text-to-speech synthesis. Special …

While unit selection speech synthesis tries to avoid speech modifications, it strongly
depends on the placement of units into the correct position. Usually, the position is tightly …

This paper presents a new analytic method that can be used for analyzing perceptual
relevance of unit selection costs and/or their sub-components as well as for tuning of unit …

In spoken Czech language, the stress and post-stress syllables in human speech are
usually characterized by an increase in fundamental frequency F _0 (except for phrase-final …

The paper focuses on building a text corpus suitable for the conservation of the voices of
non-professional speakers, who are loosing their voices due to serious healthy problems …

The formal prosody grammar used for TTS focuses mainly on the description of final
prosodic words in phrases/sentences which characterize a special prosodic phenomenon …

The present paper focuses on the current handling of target features in the unit selection
approach basically requiring huge corpora. In the paper there are outlined possible …

The correct usage of phrase boundaries is an important issue for ensuring a natural
sounding and easily intelligible speech. Therefore, it is not surprising that the boundary …