LINGUIST List 13.1225

Thu May 2 2002

Media: Article:: Human-modeled Speech Synthesis

Editor for this issue: Karen Milligan <karenlinguistlist.org>

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1. Karen S. Chung, Human-modeled speech synthesis

 There is an interesting article in the _New Scientist_ entitled:
"Artificial voice system says hello", which includes links to two video
demonstrations of the system (fast connection recommended for these). The
article begins with this paragraph:

 "When Hideyuki Sawada says he wants his robots to be articulate, he's
not talking about computer-generated voice synthesis - he wants them to talk
just like humans. So he is designing an entire artificial voice system,
complete with its own lung, windpipe, vocal cords and throat."

 The URL: http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992240

 Thanks to Colin Whiteley cwhiteleytycoint.com for bringing this article
to my attention.

 Karen Steffen Chung
 National Taiwan University
 karchungccms.ntu.edu.tw

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