OPTIMIZATION OF SPEECH SYNTHESIS SOFTWARE FOR VOCAL COMM

描述(调查人员摘要)：严重言语障碍 个人需要价格实惠、听起来自然的通信设备 合乎性别、年龄、国籍的合成声音， 和方言。这样的声音的产生受到了高 开发语音合成软件和添加新声音的成本， 尤其是方言。Eloquent Technology，Inc.(ETI)一直致力于 通过(1)一种新的模块化方法来降低这些开发成本 开发多种语言和方言的合成规则，以及(2) Delta系统，一个用于语音合成的软件系统，它使 模块化规则是可能的。在拟议的项目中，ETI将加强 Delta系统，以便用它生成的合成程序，包括 七种美国英语方言和其他语音的模块规则 开发的将被优化为在功能较弱的这类计算机上运行 紧凑型、经济实惠的通信设备所需。结果将是 用于语音通信的各种高质量合成语音 价格实惠的爱滋病。

DESCRIPTION (Investigator's Abstract): Severely speech-impaired individuals need affordable communication devices with natural-sounding synthetic voices that are appropriate in terms of sex, age, nationality, and dialect. The creation of such voices has been hampered by the high cost of developing speech synthesis software and adding new voices, particularly dialects. Eloquent Technology, Inc. (ETI) has been working to reduce these development costs via (1) a novel modular approach to the development of synthesis rules for multiple languages and dialects, and (2) the Delta System, a software system for speech synthesis that makes the modular rules possible. In the proposed project, ETI will enhance the Delta System so that synthesis programs generated with it, including the modular rules for seven American English Dialects and other voices to be developed will be optimized to run on less powerful computers of the sort required in compact, affordable communication devices. The result will be a wide variety of high-quality synthetic voices for vocal communication aids at affordable prices.