In this paper we introduce a new method for the synthesis of Spanish prosody suitable for the automatic generation of prosody in a Text-to-Speech system. As some methods we have already proposed our approach is data-based, it models joint F0 contour and segmental durations and its linguistic analysis is rule-based. Unlike previous works it uses a mixture of a priori breath group classification (linguistically based) and data-based phonological mapping. This new approach together with the previous ones form a quite open framework for analysis and synthesis of Spanish prosody. This approach leaves room for growing from a general prosodic model towards application specific prosody. The new method is successfully tested in a particular style of telephone number reading, quite dificult to pick up by previous methods.
Cite as: Villar Navarro, J.M., López Gonzalo, E., Relaño Gil, J. (1999) A mixed strategy approach to Spanish prosody. Proc. 6th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology (Eurospeech 1999), 1879-1882, doi: 10.21437/Eurospeech.1999-411
@inproceedings{villarnavarro99_eurospeech,
author={Juan Manuel {Villar Navarro} and Eduardo {López Gonzalo} and José {Relaño Gil}},
title={{A mixed strategy approach to Spanish prosody}},
year=1999,
booktitle={Proc. 6th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology (Eurospeech 1999)},
pages={1879--1882},
doi={10.21437/Eurospeech.1999-411}
}