The HMM synthesis algorithm of an embedded unified speech recognizer and synthesizer
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In this paper we present an embedded unified speech recognizer and synthesizer using identical, speaker independent HiddenMarkov-Models. The system was prototypically realized on a signal processor extended by a field programmable gate array. In a first section wewill give a brief overview of the system. The main part of the paper deals with a specially designed unit based HMM synthesis algorithm. In a last section we state the results of an informal listening evaluation of the speech synthesizer.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009