{"product_id":"9780471499855","title":"Improvements in Speech Synthesis Cost 258: The Naturalness of Synthetic Speech","description":"\u003ch1\u003eImprovements in Speech Synthesis\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCost 258: The Naturalness of Synthetic Speech\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eE. Keller | G. Bailly | A. Monaghan | J. Terken | M. Huckvale\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eTechnology \u0026amp; Engineering \/ Electronics \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNaturalness in synthetic speech is one of the most intractable problems in information technology today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlthough speech synthesis systems have improved considerably over the last 20 years, they rarely sound entirely like human speakers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy is this so, and what can be done about it?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProsodic processing must be rendered more varied and more appropriate to the speech situation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTiming, melodic control and the relationships between the various prosodic parameters need increased attention\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSignal processing systems must be developed and perfected that are capable of generating more than just one voice from a database\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA better understanding must be achieved of what distinguishes one voice from another, and of how speech styles differ between simply reading aloud numbers and sentences and their use in interactive speech\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew evaluation methodologies should be developed to provide objective and subjective measurements of the intelligibility of the synthetic speech and the cognitive load imposed upon the listener by impoverished stimuli\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdequate text markup systems must be proposed and tested with multiple languages in real-world situations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFurther research is required to integrate speech synthesis systems into larger natural-language processing systems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eImprovements in Speech Synthesis\u003c\/i\u003e presents the latest research in the above areas. Contributors include speech synthesis specialists from 16 countries, with experience in the development of systems for 12 European languages. This volume emerges from a four-year European COST project focused on \"The Naturalness of Synthetic Speech\", and will be a valuable text for everyone involved in speech synthesis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eE. Keller,\u003c\/b\u003e University of Lausanne, Switzerland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eG. Bailly,\u003c\/b\u003e Universite Stendhal, France.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. Monaghan,\u003c\/b\u003e Aculab Plc, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. Terken,\u003c\/b\u003e Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eM. Huckvale,\u003c\/b\u003e University College London, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e05 December 2001\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780471499855\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e416\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44352040763532,"sku":"9780471499855","price":327.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780471499855_389d4b12-57bd-494e-b962-7ef1f8559104.jpg?v=1780283683","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780471499855","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}