Intonation processing for speech technology
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چکیده
The paper presents problems arising in the analysis of intonation patterns in speech, their interpretation and usage for the needs of Speech Technology. Multiple functions of intonation are discussed from points of view of acoustic phonetics, linguistics and psychology. The results of a comprehensive, multilevel analysis of prosody may be directly used, above all, in a system of automatic speech and speaker recognition, synthesis and linguistic analysis. Some of current works on prosody application in language processing for Polish are introduced. STRESZCZENIE Ni niej sza pra ca przed sta wia pro ble my po ja wia ją ce się w związ ku z ana li zą wzor ców in to na cyj nych w mo wie, ich in ter pre ta cją i za sto so wa niem na po trze by Tech no lo gii Mo wy. Licz ne funk cje in to na cji są oma wia ne z punk tu wi dze nia aku sty ki i fo ne ty ki, ję zy ko znaw stwa oraz psy cho lo gii. Wy ni ki kom plek so wej, wie lo po zio mo wej ana li zy pro zo dii mo gą być bez po śred nio za sto so wa ne przede wszyst kim w sys te mach au to ma tycz ne go roz po zna wa nia mo wy i mów ców, w syn te zie mo wy, a ta kże w ana li zie lin gwi stycz nej. W pra cy przed sta wio no nie któ re z pro wa dzo nych obec nie prac nad za sto so wa niem pro zo dii w prze twa rza niu ję zy ka pol skie go.
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