MAS.632 Conversational Computer Systems - MIT OpenCourseWare

VOICE EDITING 69
Temporal Granularity 69
Manipulation ofAudio Data 70
EXAMPLES OF VOICE EDITORS 74
Intelligent Ear, M.I.T. 74
Tioga Voice, Xerox PARC 75
PX Editor, Bell Northern Research 76
Sedit, Olivetti Research Center, and M.I.T. Media Laboratory
Pitchtool, M.I.T. Media Laboratory 79
SUMMARY 80
Chapter 5. Speech Synthesis 82
SYNTHESIZING SPEECH FROM TEXT 84
FROM TEXT TO PHONEMES 85
Additional Factors for Pronunciation 87
FROM PHONEMES TO SOUND 91
Parametric Synthesis 91
Concatenative Synthesis 93
QUALITY OF SYNTHETIC SPEECH 94
Measuring Intelligibility 95
Listener Satisfaction 96
Performance Factors 96
APPLICATIONS OF SYNTHETIC SPEECH 97
SUMMARY 99
FURTHER READING 99
Chapter 6. Interactive Voice Response 100
LIMITATIONS OF SPEECH OUTPUT 101
Speed 101
Temporal Nature 102
Serial Nature 102
Bulkiness 102
Privacy 103
ADVANTAGES OF VOICE 104
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