Importance of Prosody in Swiss French Accent for Speech Synthesis
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چکیده
En français, l’accent standard et l’accent suisse sont proches. Les pronciations observées sont effectivement similaires à quelques exceptions près. En revanche, la prosodie suisse a un effet important sur la façon dont les accents sont perçus. Nous étudions l’effet de la prosodie sur la perception de l’accent suisse sur de la parole synthétique par des locuteurs français natifs. Nous utilisons des modèles paramétriques de synthèse vocale français que nous adaptons à différents accents suisses. La prosodie de la synthèse est par la suite modifiée pour correspondre à celle de locuteurs réels. Nous montrons que le degré d’accent suisse est mieux reconnu en intégrant la prosodie adéquate.
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