A HYBRID TECHNOLOGY FOR TTS SYSTEM BASED ON HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS AND UNIT SELECTION ALGORITHM
«Speech Technologies Center», Ltd.; scientific researcher
E. A. Korolkov
STC Ltd., St. Petersburg; Scientist
A. O. Talanov
STC Ltd., St. Petersburg, Speech Synthesis Department; Head of the Department
A. I. Solomennik
Speech Technology Ltd., Minsk; Scientist
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Abstract. An approach to synthesis of Russian TTS system based on integration of Hidden Markov Models and Unit Selection algorithms is presented. The voice model creation method is developed for constructing a natural intonation contour. Improved quality of synthesized speech is confirmed by experimental results.
Keywords:
speech synthesis, Hidden Markov Models, Unit Selection, voice model