This review gives a general overview of techniques used in statistical parametric speech
synthesis. One instance of these techniques, called hidden Markov model (HMM)-based …

The past decade has witnessed the emergence of a new breed of human-computer
interfaces that combines several human language technologies to enable humans to …

The Behavior Expression Animation Toolkit (BEAT) allows animators to input typed text that
they wish to be spoken by an animated human figure, and to obtain as output appropriate …

This paper gives a general overview of hidden Markov model (HMM)-based speech
synthesis, which has recently been demonstrated to be very effective in synthesizing …

A study of digital speech processing, synthesis and recognition. This second edition
contains new sections on the international standardization of robust and flexible speech …

430 Feature extraction for prosodic and phonetic contexts module for performing at least one
of text and prosody analy sis on a portion of input text comprising a first language. A second …

What kinds of social relationships can people have with computers? Are there activities that
computers can engage in that actively draw people into relationships with them? What are …

A statistical speech synthesis system based on the hidden Markov model (HMM) was
recently proposed. In this system, spectrum, excitation, and duration of speech are modeled …

57 ABSTRACT A method for automatically generating pitch contours in a text to speech (TtS)
System, the System converting input text into an output acoustic Signal Simulating natural …

(56) References Cited A speech Synthesizer is provided that concatenates Stored US
PATENT DOCUMENTS Samples of Speech units without modifying the prosody of …