Prediction and Synthesis of Prosodic Effects on Spectral Balance of Vowels
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چکیده
Linguistic control factors such as word stress and phrasefinality affect not only duration and pitch, but also spectral structure and spectral dynamics. We propose methods for predicting and synthesizing prosodic effects on spectral balance: (i) A new multi-dimensional measure of spectral balance, in which energy is measured in five ”formant frequency range” bands. (ii) Statistical methods for analyzing the effects of multiple interacting factors on spectral balance. (iii) A method for synthesizing speech whose spectral balance is controlled by prosodic factors.
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