A Comprehensive Model of Intonation for Application in Speech Technology
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چکیده
This paper presents a new method of the stylization of intonation contours, which is the first step towards developing an intonation model for application in Polish unit selection speech synthesis. The paper starts with an overview of the existing F0 stylization algorithms underlying various intonation models followed by an overview of descriptions of Polish intonation. Then the assumptions behind the new method and results of the quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the stylization accuracy are discussed. In the end, classification of pitch accents and boundary tones based on the parameterization is presented.
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