Text and speech summate perfectly, despite inefficient feature binding

Modelling Speech Temporal Structure for Estonian Text-to-speech Synthesis: Feature Selection

The article discusses the principles of selecting features for modelling the temporal structure of Estonian speech, using different types of read-out texts, with a view to text-tospeech synthesis (TTS). Feature selection is known to depend on certain general issues regulating speech temporal structure, as well as on some language specific aspects. The durational model of Estonian stands out for...

SPEech Feature Toolbox (SPEFT) Design and Emotional Speech Feature Extraction

Preface This research focuses on designing the SPEech Feature Toolbox (SPEFT), a toolbox which integrates a large number of speech features into one graphic interface in the MATLAB environment. The toolbox is designed with a Graphical User Interface (GUI) interface which makes it easy to operate; it also provides batch process capability. Available features are categorized into subgroups includ...

Interrelationship among Foreign Language Reading Anxiety, Reading Proficiency and Text Feature Awareness in the University Context

This paper reports the results of a study designed to investigate the interrelationship of Foreign Language Reading Anxiety (FLRA), Reading Proficiency (RP) and Text Feature Awareness (TFA). The aim was to focus on how foreign language reading anxiety and text feature awareness are related and how, in turn, they affect students reading proficiency. That is, it south to determine how these three...

the effects of speech rate,prosodic features, and blurred speech on iranian efl learners listening comprehension

کلید واژه ها به زبان انگلیسی: effect of speech rate on listening comprehension, blurred speech,segmental and suprasegmental features,authentic speech,intelligibility, discrimination, omission, assimilation چکیده: سرعت مطالب شنیداری در کلام پیوسته بطور کلی همواره کابوسی بوده برای یادگیرنده های زبان دوم و بالاخص برای شنوندگان ایرانی. علی رغم عقل سلیم که کلام با سرعت کندتری فعالیتهای درک مطلب شن...

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