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A discourse model of affect for text-to-speech synthesis

dc.contributor.authorSchlunz, Georg I.
dc.contributor.authorBarnard, Etienne
dc.contributor.researchID21021287 - Barnard, Etienne
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-03T13:44:38Z
dc.date.available2014-11-03T13:44:38Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThis paper introduces a model of affect to improve prosody in text-to-speech synthesis. It operates on the discourse level of text to predict the underlying linguistic factors that contribute towards emotional appraisal, rather than any particular surface emotion itself. The architecture of the model is described and its performance is evaluated on three levels—its predictive accuracy on text, its effect on natural speech and its effect on synthesised speech.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.prasa.org/index.php/2012-03-07-10-55-15
dc.identifier.citationSchlunz, G. & Barnard, E. 2013. A discourse model of affect for text-to-speech synthesis. In: Conference Proceedings of the 24th Annual Symposium of the Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa, Pretoria. p. 91-98. [http://www.prasa.org/]en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-86970-771-5
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/12118
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPattern recognition association of South Africa (PRASA)en_US
dc.titleA discourse model of affect for text-to-speech synthesisen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US

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