Towards a Speech Synthesis System with Controllable Amusement Levels
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This work exposes some observations on "shaking vowels". These vowels containing a tremolo-like sound are present in amused speech. Some of the temporal and spectral patterns are exposed and observations are given concerning them. This work is a preliminary step towards being able to use these "shaking vowels" along with speech-smiles, speechlaughs and laughter to control the degree of amusement in synthesized speech.
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تاریخ انتشار 2015