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Sixth International Conference on Spoken Language Processing
(ICSLP 2000)
Beijing, China
October 16-20, 2000 |
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Implementation of a Text-to-Speech System for Farsi Language
Hamid Reza Abutalebi (1,3), Mahmood Bijankhan (2,3)
(1) Dept. of Electrical Eng., Amirkabir University of Technology,
(2) Dept. of Linguistics, University of Tehran,
(3) Research Center of Intelligent Signal Processing (RCISP)
Tehran, Iran
In this research, a Text-To-Speech system for Farsi language has
been implemented. The proposed synthesizer concatenates Farsi
syllables in a TD-PSOLA manner. This paper is mainly
concentrated on investigation about pitch variations in Farsi
sentences and presentation of some novel rules for modeling
these variations. Based on the location of stressed syllable, we
obtain a primary pitch curve for each word. Using prosodic
grouping and sentence type effects, the final pitch contour can
be determined. High intelligibility and acceptable naturalness of
the synthesized speech have been confirmed by subjective
listening tests.
Full Paper
Bibliographic reference.
Abutalebi, Hamid Reza / Bijankhan, Mahmood (2000):
"Implementation of a text-to-speech system for farsi language",
In ICSLP-2000, vol.1, 661-664.