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General-purpose isiZulu speech synthesiser

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dc.contributor.author Louw, A
dc.contributor.author Davel, M
dc.contributor.author Barnard, E
dc.date.accessioned 2008-01-14T09:39:19Z
dc.date.available 2008-01-14T09:39:19Z
dc.date.issued 2005-07
dc.identifier.citation Louw, A, Davel, M and Barnard, E. 2007. General-purpose isiZulu speech synthesiser. The 14th International Conference of the African Language Association of Southern Africa (ALASA), Johannesburg, South Africa, July 2005, pp 15 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1837
dc.description 2006: 14th Conference of ALASA en
dc.description This paper is also published in the South African Journal of African Languages, Vol 25(2), pp 92-100
dc.description.abstract A general-purpose isiZulu text-to-speech (TTS) system was developed, based on the “Multisyn” unit-selection approach supported by the Festival TTS toolkit. The development involved a number of challenges related to the interface between speech technology and linguistics – for example, choosing an appropriate set of phonetic units, producing reliable pronunciations, and developing appropriate cost functions for selecting and joining diphone units. The research should show how solutions were found for each of these challenges, and describe a number of other innovations (such as automated fault detection in manual alignments) that were introduced. Initial evaluations suggest that the synthesizer is usable by a wide spectrum of isiZulu speakers en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher 4th International Conference of the African Language Association of Southern Africa (ALASA) en
dc.subject IsiZulu text-to-speech en
dc.subject Speech technology en
dc.subject Synthesizer en
dc.title General-purpose isiZulu speech synthesiser en
dc.type Conference Presentation en
dc.identifier.apacitation Louw, A., Davel, M., & Barnard, E. (2005). General-purpose isiZulu speech synthesiser. 4th International Conference of the African Language Association of Southern Africa (ALASA). http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1837 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Louw, A, M Davel, and E Barnard. "General-purpose isiZulu speech synthesiser." (2005): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1837 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Louw A, Davel M, Barnard E, General-purpose isiZulu speech synthesiser; 4th International Conference of the African Language Association of Southern Africa (ALASA); 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1837 . en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Conference Presentation AU - Louw, A AU - Davel, M AU - Barnard, E AB - A general-purpose isiZulu text-to-speech (TTS) system was developed, based on the “Multisyn” unit-selection approach supported by the Festival TTS toolkit. The development involved a number of challenges related to the interface between speech technology and linguistics – for example, choosing an appropriate set of phonetic units, producing reliable pronunciations, and developing appropriate cost functions for selecting and joining diphone units. The research should show how solutions were found for each of these challenges, and describe a number of other innovations (such as automated fault detection in manual alignments) that were introduced. Initial evaluations suggest that the synthesizer is usable by a wide spectrum of isiZulu speakers DA - 2005-07 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - IsiZulu text-to-speech KW - Speech technology KW - Synthesizer LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2005 T1 - General-purpose isiZulu speech synthesiser TI - General-purpose isiZulu speech synthesiser UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1837 ER - en_ZA


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