Sixth European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology (EUROSPEECH'99) Budapest, Hungary September 5-9, 1999

Improving Quality in a Speech Synthesizer Based on the MBROLA Algorithm

B. Etxebarria, I. Hernáez, I. Madariaga, E. Navas, J. C. Rodríguez, R. Gándara

University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain

Speech synthesis based on the Multiband Resynthesis OverLap-Add (MBROLA) algorithm produces high quality speech without requiring too much effort to design the diphone database, and using a low computational power. The main drawback of this algorithm is the slightly metallic sound or buzziness that can be perceived on voiced segments. We are working on a speech synthesizer based on the MBROLA algorithm, and trying to improve its speech quality by means of on an enhanced phase control strategy.

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Bibliographic reference.  Etxebarria, B. / Hernáez, I. / Madariaga, I. / Navas, E. / Rodríguez, J. C. / Gándara, R. (1999): "Improving quality in a speech synthesizer based on the MBROLA algorithm", In EUROSPEECH'99, 2299-2302.