ETRW on Speech Processing in Adverse Conditions Cannes-Mandelieu, France November 10-13, 1992

Intelligibility of Italian Text-to-Speech Synthesizers in Adverse Conditions

Cristina Delogu (1), M. Falcone (1), A. Paoloni (1), P. Ridolfi (2), K. Vagges (3)

(1) Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Rome, Italy
(2) Istituto Superiore delle Poste e Telecomunicazioni, Rome, Italy
(3) Centro di Studio per le Ricerche di Fonetica, CNR, Padova, Italy

In this work we present an intelligibility evaluation experiment for Italian synthesizers that uses an open-response test in which listeners are instructed to simply write down what they heard on each trial. In this format all phonemes known by the listener are possible responses. More precisely 57 VCV and 51 CV are used. This material allows the evaluation of consonants in both initial and central position. A dedicated software called SOAP (Speech Output Assessment Package) is used.

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Bibliographic reference.  Delogu, Cristina / Falcone, M. / Paoloni, A. / Ridolfi, P. / Vagges, K. (1992): "Intelligibility of Italian text-to-speech synthesizers in adverse conditions", In SPAC-1992, 57-60.