TY - GEN
T1 - Communicative prosody generation using language common features provided by input lexicons
AU - Greenberg, Yoko
AU - Tsuzaki, Minoru
AU - Kato, Hiroaki
AU - Sagisaka, Yoshinori
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - We already examined language independent control characteristics of the communicative prosody generation using multi-dimensional impressions of input lexicons. In this paper, we synthesized English single phrase utterances using prosodic characteristics of Japanese speech aiming at language independent applications. The reading-style speech prosodies of English phrases were modified by prosodic characteristics derived from one-word utterance of Japanese speech "n". Modifications were carried out based on lexical impressions corresponding to six impressions consisting of confident, doubtful, allowable, unacceptable, positive and negative. The perceptual evaluation experiment showed the naturalness of speech with communicative prosody modified by the impression of input lexicons. These experimental results support the usefulness of the communicative prosody control based on the impression of input lexicons and suggest possibilities of language independent applications.
AB - We already examined language independent control characteristics of the communicative prosody generation using multi-dimensional impressions of input lexicons. In this paper, we synthesized English single phrase utterances using prosodic characteristics of Japanese speech aiming at language independent applications. The reading-style speech prosodies of English phrases were modified by prosodic characteristics derived from one-word utterance of Japanese speech "n". Modifications were carried out based on lexical impressions corresponding to six impressions consisting of confident, doubtful, allowable, unacceptable, positive and negative. The perceptual evaluation experiment showed the naturalness of speech with communicative prosody modified by the impression of input lexicons. These experimental results support the usefulness of the communicative prosody control based on the impression of input lexicons and suggest possibilities of language independent applications.
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U2 - 10.1109/SNLP.2009.5340940
DO - 10.1109/SNLP.2009.5340940
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:72449165823
SN - 9781424441389
T3 - 2009 8th International Symposium on Natural Language Processing, SNLP '09
SP - 101
EP - 104
BT - 2009 8th International Symposium on Natural Language Processing, SNLP '09
T2 - 2009 8th International Symposium on Natural Language Processing, SNLP '09
Y2 - 20 October 2009 through 22 October 2009
ER -