13.1225, Media: Article:: Human-modeled Speech Synthesis

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Subject: 13.1225, Media: Article:: Human-modeled Speech Synthesis

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Date:  Fri, 3 May 2002 00:15:54 +0800
From:  "Karen S. Chung" <karchung at ccms.ntu.edu.tw>
Subject:  Human-modeled speech synthesis

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Date:  Fri, 3 May 2002 00:15:54 +0800
From:  "Karen S. Chung" <karchung at ccms.ntu.edu.tw>
Subject:  Human-modeled speech synthesis


    There is an interesting article in the _New Scientist_ entitled:
"Artificial voice system says hello", which includes links to two video
demonstrations of the system (fast connection recommended for these). The
article begins with this paragraph:

    "When Hideyuki Sawada says he wants his robots to be articulate, he's
not talking about computer-generated voice synthesis - he wants them to talk
just like humans. So he is designing an entire artificial voice system,
complete with its own lung, windpipe, vocal cords and throat."

    The URL: http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992240

    Thanks to Colin Whiteley cwhiteley at tycoint.com for bringing this article
to my attention.

     Karen Steffen Chung
     National Taiwan University
     karchung at ccms.ntu.edu.tw

     Phonetics and more at:
     http://ccms.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung



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