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Arabic Unit Selection Emotional Speech Synthesis using Blending Data Approach
| International Journal of Computer Applications |
| Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
| Volume 81 - Number 8 |
| Year of Publication: 2013 |
| Authors: Waleed M. Azmy, Sherif Abdou, Mahmoud Shoman |
10.5120/14033-1887
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Waleed M. Azmy, Sherif Abdou, Mahmoud Shoman . Arabic Unit Selection Emotional Speech Synthesis using Blending Data Approach. International Journal of Computer Applications. 81, 8 ( November 2013), 22-28. DOI=10.5120/14033-1887
Abstract
This paper introduce the work done to build an Arabic unit selection voice that could carry emotional information. Three emotional sates were covered; normal, sad and questions. An emotional speech classifier was used to enhance the intelligibility of the used recorded speech database. The classification information was employed in the proposed target cost to produce more natural and emotive synthetic speech. The system is evaluated according to the naturalness and emotiveness of the produced speech. The system evaluations show significant increase in the naturalness and emotiveness scores.
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