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In storytelling style, a storyteller generally uses prosodic variations with subtle speech nuances for the better apprehension of the listeners. It is achieved by emphasizing prominent words, using various emotions, mimicking voices and providing appropriate pauses. This work is a part of building the Story Text-to-Speech (TTS) [1] synthesis systems in Indian Languages, which aims at synthesizing...
In the storyteller speech, pauses plays a significant role in introducing suspense and climax. Pauses are used to emphasize keywords, emotion-salient words and separate the phrases in the utterance. The objective of this work is to predict the position and duration of the pauses in the synthesized speech from the text-to-speech system. We analyzed the pause patterns in storyteller speech and classified...
This paper discusses the development of Bengali screen reader using Festival speech synthesizer. Screen reader is developed with the objective that the visually challenged people can use the computer without any difficulty. The usability of system is checked throughout the development and appropriate modifications are made. Unrestricted Bengali text to speech synthesis (TTS) system which can produce...
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