The ILSP / INNOETICS Text - to - Speech System for the Blizzard Challenge 2013

This paper describes ILSP and INNOETICS Speech Synthesis System entry for the Blizzard Challenge 2013. A description of the underlying system and techniques used is provided, as well as information about the voice building process and discussion on the obtained evaluation results. Extra focus will be given on the new techniques we used this year in comparison to our previous participations, and we will also attempt a comparative analysis of this year’s results with the results of the Blizzard Challenge 2012, aiming to investigate the abilities and the progress performed as far as expressive speech synthesis is concerned.