LINGUIST List 13.1225

Thu May 2 2002

Media: Article:: Human-modeled Speech Synthesis

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  • Karen S. Chung, Human-modeled speech synthesis

    Message 1: Human-modeled speech synthesis

     Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 00:15:54 +0800
    From: Karen S. Chung <karchungccms.ntu.edu.tw>
    Subject: 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

    Phonetics and more at: http://ccms.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung