Quality of synthetic speech : perceptual dimensions, influencing factors, and instrumental assessment

This book reviews research towards perceptual quality dimensions of synthetic speech, compares these findings with the state of the art, and derives a set of five universal perceptual quality dimensions for TTS signals. They are: (i) naturalness of voice, (ii) prosodic quality, (iii) fluency and int...

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Main Author Hinterleitner, Florian
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore : Springer, [2017]
SeriesT-labs series in telecommunication services.
Subjects
Speech synthesis.
Speech processing systems.
Text-to-speech software.
Telecommunication.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
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Summary:This book reviews research towards perceptual quality dimensions of synthetic speech, compares these findings with the state of the art, and derives a set of five universal perceptual quality dimensions for TTS signals. They are: (i) naturalness of voice, (ii) prosodic quality, (iii) fluency and intelligibility, (iv) absence of disturbances, and (v) calmness. Moreover, a test protocol for the efficient indentification of those dimensions in a listening test is introduced. Furthermore, several factors influencing these dimensions are examined. In addition, different techniques for the instrumental quality assessment of TTS signals are introduced, reviewed and tested. Finally, the requirements for the integration of an instrumental quality measure into a concatenative TTS system are examined.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789811037344
9789811037337
Access:Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty

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