Prosody modelling using machine learning techniques for neutral and emotional speech synthesis

• Main Author: Λαζαρίδης, Αλέξανδρος
• Other Authors: Φακωτάκης, Νικόλαος
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Phone duration modelling; Prosody modelling; Speech synthesis; Machine learning; Neutral speech; Emotional speech; Πρόβλεψη διάρκειας φωνημάτων; Μοντελοποίηση προσωδίας; Σύνθεση ομιλίας; Μηχανική μάθηση; Ουδέτερη ομιλία; Συναισθηματική ομιλία; Μηχανές υποστήριξης διανυσμάτων; 006.31

In this doctoral dissertation three proposed approaches were evaluated using two databases of different languages, one American-English and one Greek. The proposed approaches were compared to the state-of-the-art models in the phone duration modelling task. The SVR model outperformed all the other...