In-Development Assessment of Concatenation Synthesis by Nonnative Speakers
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چکیده
In-development assessment of speech synthesis is inevitable in industrial contexts. However, there is a strong need to minimize expenditure. Therefore, we present an evaluation procedure which involves considerably less time than other evaluations and may be carried out under laboratory conditions. Furthermore, we compare groups of raters which differ with respect to their competence concerning phonetics and their native language. The ratings of the different groups have proved to be consistent. Another interesting result is that it seems necessary to include measures of general impression as they differ from the single ratings of the more specific measures.
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