Modification of speech: A tribute to Mike Macon

Jan Van Santen; J. Wouters; Alexander Kain

doi:10.1109/WSS.2002.1224359

Modification of speech: A tribute to Mike Macon

Jan Van Santen, J. Wouters, Alexander Kain

Institute on Development & Disability

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Abstract

The paper provides an overview of, and puts in perspective, the contributions of Mike Macon to text-to-speech synthesis (TTS). The core of his work consists of signal processing algorithms that modify speech. The paper argues that major opportunities exist for TTS systems that modify the prosody of acoustic units, instead of searching for units having the required prosody. However, the challenges to making prosodic modification based systems sound more natural are formidable. The paper provides an overview of the several projects aimed at these challenges, and in which Macon played a role.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2002 IEEE Workshop on Speech Synthesis
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1-6
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	0780373952, 9780780373952
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WSS.2002.1224359
State	Published - 2002
Event	2002 IEEE Workshop on Speech Synthesis - Santa Monica, United States Duration: Sep 11 2002 → Sep 13 2002

Other

Other	2002 IEEE Workshop on Speech Synthesis
Country	United States
City	Santa Monica
Period	9/11/02 → 9/13/02

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Language and Linguistics
Cultural Studies

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