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Legát, M. and Matoušek, J. : Collection and Analysis of Data for Evaluation of Concatenation Cost Functions . Text, Speech and Dialogue, proceedings of the 13th International Conference TSD 2010, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, p. 345-352, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, Germany, 2010.

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This paper describes the collection and analysis of data, which are planned to be used for the evaluation and development of concatenation cost functions for unit selection based TTS systems. Data, collected via listening tests following the recommendations given in [1], were analyzed in a variety of ways to identify and possibly exclude "malicious" listeners as well as to demonstrate their sufficient "richness" for the aimed utilization. This study was limited to five Czech vowels as these sounds are characterized by being highly energetic and having rich spectral content, which induces complexity and wide range of possible discontinuities at concatenation points.

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Title: Collection and Analysis of Data for Evaluation of Concatenation Cost Functions
Author: Legát, M. ; Matoušek, J.
Language: English
Date of publication: 6 Sep 2010
Year: 2010
Type of publication: Papers in journals
Book title: Text, Speech and Dialogue, proceedings of the 13th International Conference TSD 2010
Series: Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
Page: 345 - 352
ISBN: 3-642-15759-9
ISSN: 0302-9743
Publisher: Springer
Address: Berlin-Heidelberg, Germany
Date: 6 Sep 2010 - 10 Sep 2010
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Keywords

TTS, unit selection, concatenation cost, listening tests

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@INPROCEEDINGS{LegatM_2010_Collectionand,
 author = {Leg\'{a}t, M. and Matou\v{s}ek, J.},
 title = {Collection and Analysis of Data for Evaluation of Concatenation Cost Functions},
 year = {2010},
 publisher = {Springer},
 address = {Berlin-Heidelberg, Germany},
 pages = {345-352},
 booktitle = {Text, Speech and Dialogue, proceedings of the 13th International Conference TSD 2010},
 series = {Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence},
 ISBN = {3-642-15759-9},
 ISSN = {0302-9743},
 url = {http://www.kky.zcu.cz/en/publications/LegatM_2010_Collectionand},
}