For scientists working on speech synthesis, computer scientists, linguists.- Level: Monograph
J.P.H. van Santen,
Bell Laboratories - Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, NJ;
R. Sproat,
Bell Laboratories - Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, NJ;
J. Olive,
Bell Laboratories - Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, NJ;
J. Hirschberg,
AT&T Research, Murray Hill, NJ (Eds.)
Speech Synthesis
1996. Approx. 608 pp. 158 figs. 49 tabs. $129.00
ISBN 0-387-94701-9
SPRINGER VERLAG
This book comprises some 40 contributions by the leading researchers in the field of speech synthesis. Based on invited contributions presented at the Second ESCA/IEEE Speech Synthesis workshop in Mohonk, New York, in 1994, the contributions provide a complete picture of recent progress made in text-to-speech synthesis throughout the world (including all major European countries and Japan). Chapters are grouped by topic, with specially commissioned introductions for the papers in each section.
Intended for all who have an interest in the field, both applied and basic; of graduate students in speech technology programs; and of developers both in the corporate world and in medical institutes: everyone who wants to obtain the most recent, and most complete, update on what is happening in this field. There are currently no other books that fill this role, nor is there a journal or other publication focused on this area. A CD-ROM included with the book provides samples of synthesized speech as well as video demonstrations.
Topics covered include: Signal processing and source modeling; Linguistic analysis; Articulatory synthesis and visual speech; Concatenative synthesis and automated segmentation; Prosodic analysis of natural speech; Synthesis of prosody; Evaluation and perception.
Comprising some 40 contributions by the leading researchers in the field of speech synthesis, this book provides a complete picture of recent progress made in text-to-speech synthesis throughout the world. A CD-ROM included with the book provides samples of synthesized speech as well as video demonstrations.
Due 9/96
Recommended for Bookstores
Appears in Summer '96 Bookstore Catalog
Author List