This paper describes the speect text-to-speech system entry for the Blizzard Challenge 2013. The techniques applied for the tasks of the challenge are described as well as the implementation details for the alignment of the audio books and the text-to-speech system modules. The results of the evaluations are given and discussed.
Reference:
Louw, J.A, Schlunz, G.I, Van der Walt, W, De Wet, F and Pretorius, L. 2013. The Speect text-to-speech system entry for the Blizzard Challenge 2013. In: Blizzard Challenge 2013, Barcelona, Spain, September 2013
Louw, J. A., Schlunz, G. I., Van der Walt, W., De Wet, F., & Pretorius, L. (2013). The Speect text-to-speech system entry for the Blizzard Challenge 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7182
Louw, Johannes A, Georg I Schlunz, W Van der Walt, Febe De Wet, and L Pretorius. "The Speect text-to-speech system entry for the Blizzard Challenge 2013." (2013): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7182
Louw JA, Schlunz GI, Van der Walt W, De Wet F, Pretorius L, The Speect text-to-speech system entry for the Blizzard Challenge 2013; 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7182 .
