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The Speect text-to-speech entry for the Blizzard Challenge 2016

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dc.contributor.author Louw, Johannes A
dc.contributor.author Moodley, Avashlin
dc.contributor.author Govender, Avashna
dc.date.accessioned 2020-03-17T12:58:14Z
dc.date.available 2020-03-17T12:58:14Z
dc.date.issued 2016-09
dc.identifier.citation Louw, J.A., Moodley, A. & Govender, A. 2016. The Speect text-to-speech entry for the Blizzard Challenge 2016. In: Blizzard Challenge 2016, Cupertino, United States of America, 16 September 2016 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://festvox.org/blizzard/blizzard2016.html
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11323
dc.description Presented in: Blizzard Challenge 2016, Cupertino, United States of America, 16 September 2016 en_US
dc.description.abstract This paper describes the Speect text-to-speech system entry submitted to the Blizzard Challenge 2016. The focus of this entry was to build a data driven text-to-speech system that generates an expressive voice suitable for children’s audio books. The techniques applied for the task of the challenge and the implementation details for the alignment of the audio books and text-to-speech modules are described. The results of the evaluations are given and discussed. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Blizzard Challenge en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Workflow;18125
dc.subject Audio books en_US
dc.subject Blizzard Challenge 2016 en_US
dc.subject Expressive speech en_US
dc.subject HMM-based speech synthesis en_US
dc.title The Speect text-to-speech entry for the Blizzard Challenge 2016 en_US
dc.type Conference Presentation en_US
dc.identifier.apacitation Louw, J. A., Moodley, A., & Govender, A. (2016). The Speect text-to-speech entry for the Blizzard Challenge 2016. Blizzard Challenge. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11323 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Louw, Johannes A, Avashlin Moodley, and Avashna Govender. "The Speect text-to-speech entry for the Blizzard Challenge 2016." (2016): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11323 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Louw JA, Moodley A, Govender A, The Speect text-to-speech entry for the Blizzard Challenge 2016; Blizzard Challenge; 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11323 . en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Conference Presentation AU - Louw, Johannes A AU - Moodley, Avashlin AU - Govender, Avashna AB - This paper describes the Speect text-to-speech system entry submitted to the Blizzard Challenge 2016. The focus of this entry was to build a data driven text-to-speech system that generates an expressive voice suitable for children’s audio books. The techniques applied for the task of the challenge and the implementation details for the alignment of the audio books and text-to-speech modules are described. The results of the evaluations are given and discussed. DA - 2016-09 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Audio books KW - Blizzard Challenge 2016 KW - Expressive speech KW - HMM-based speech synthesis LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2016 T1 - The Speect text-to-speech entry for the Blizzard Challenge 2016 TI - The Speect text-to-speech entry for the Blizzard Challenge 2016 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11323 ER - en_ZA


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