Kategoria BISAC: Computers >> Speech & Audio Processing

Naturalness in synthetic speech is one of the most intractable problems in information technology today. Although speech synthesis systems have improved considerably over the last 20 years, they rarely sound entirely like human speakers.

Why is this so, and what can be done about it?
* Prosodic processing must be rendered more varied and more appropriate to the speech situation


* Timing, melodic control and the relationships between the various prosodic parameters need increased attention


* Signal processing systems must be...

The purpose of this text is to teach speech analysis and synthesis via computer interaction. It provides a means to study the features and properties of speech as a signal without having to record data and write software to analyze the data. An extensive speech database is provided on the accompanying CD-ROMs along with various software programs to analyze the data, including a run-time version of MATLAB which allows the data to be used without purchasing MATLAB separately. The text also provides the theoretical basis of the underlying software algorithms used for speech analysis and...

Authors and Participants xi I Pragmatic Aspects 1 1. Some pragmatic decision criteria in generation 3 EduardH. Hovy 2. How to appear to be conforming to the 'maxims' even if you prefer to violate them 19 Antlwny Jameson 43 3. Contextual effects on responses to misconceptions Kathleen F. McCoy 4. Generating understandable explanatory sentences 55 Domenico Parisi & Donatella Ferrante 5. Toward a plan-based theory of referring actions 63 Douglas E. Appelt Generating referring expressions and pointing gestures 71 6. Norben Reithinger II Generation of Connected Discourse 83 7. Rhetorical Structure...

Explains and discusses how human speakers and listeners process speech and language. Focuses on those elements of current research which have the most bearing on future developments in the production of truly natural-sounding speech and the reliable recognition of continuous speech. Presents a concise and clear introduction to this increasingly complex and interdisciplinary field.

From common consumer products such as cell phones and MP3 players to more sophisticated projects such as human-machine interfaces and responsive robots, speech technologies are now everywhere. Many think that it is just a matter of time before more applications of the science of speech become inescapable in our daily life. This handbook is meant to play a fundamental role for sustainable progress in speech research and development. Springer Handbook of Speech Processing targets three categories of readers: graduate students, professors and active researchers in academia and...