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Legát, M and Matoušek, J. : Analysis of Data Collected in Listening Tests for the Purpose of Evaluation of Concatenation Cost Functions . Text, Speech and Dialogue, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference TSD 2011, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, vol. 6836, p. 33-40, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, Germany, 2011.

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In this paper we present an analysis of data, which were collected in listening tests, and are planned to be used for the development and evaluation of concatenation cost functions for unit selection based TTS systems. The aim of the analysis was to evaluate a "richness" of the collected data with respect to the intended utilization. No effort was made to propose a new method for measuring concatenation artifacts. The study was limited to two speakers (male and female), and five short 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: Analysis of Data Collected in Listening Tests for the Purpose of Evaluation of Concatenation Cost Functions
Author: Legát, M ; Matoušek, J.
Language: English
Date of publication: 1 Sep 2011
Year: 2011
Type of publication: Papers in journals
Book title: Text, Speech and Dialogue, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference TSD 2011
Series: Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
Číslo vydání: 6836
Page: 33 - 40
ISSN: 0302-9743
Publisher: Springer
Address: Berlin-Heidelberg, Germany
Date: 1 Sep 2011 - 5 Sep 2011
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Keywords

speech synthesis, speech analysis, unit selection, concatenation cost, data collection

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@INCOLLECTION{LegatM_2011_AnalysisofData,
 author = {Leg\'{a}t, M and Matou\v{s}ek, J.},
 title = {Analysis of Data Collected in Listening Tests for the Purpose of Evaluation of Concatenation Cost Functions},
 year = {2011},
 publisher = {Springer},
 address = {Berlin-Heidelberg, Germany},
 volume = {6836},
 pages = {33-40},
 booktitle = {Text, Speech and Dialogue, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference TSD 2011},
 series = {Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence},
 ISSN = {0302-9743},
 url = {http://www.kky.zcu.cz/en/publications/LegatM_2011_AnalysisofData},
}