Expressing vocal effort in con
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A new diphone database with a full diphone set for each of three levels of vocal effort is presented. A theoretical motivation is given why this kind of database will be useful for emotional speech synthesis. Two hypotheses are verified in perception experiments: (I) The three diphone sets are perceived as belonging to the same speaker; (II) The vocal effort intended during database recordings is perceived in the synthetic voice. The results clearly confirm both hypotheses.
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