Diverse synthesis methods and text-to-speech (TTS) architectures are being developed and applied almost every day. This tendency raises the need for durable program systems that effectively assist research and development in this area. A flexible development system for multilingual text-to-speech and general speech research is introduced. The system was developed for use with the Multivox and Profivox concatenative speech synthesis systems, but its architecture makes it theoretically appropriate for a wide variety of purposes and different TTS systems. The system architecture and the functions of the development system are described. Keywords: TTS development system, speech research tools, system architecture, SGML derivative, object oriented design
Cite as: Kiss, G., Németh, G., Olaszy, G., Gordos, G. (2001) A flexible multilingual TTS development and speech research tool. Proc. 7th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology (Eurospeech 2001), 517-520, doi: 10.21437/Eurospeech.2001-139
@inproceedings{kiss01_eurospeech,
author={Géza Kiss and Géza Németh and Gábor Olaszy and Géza Gordos},
title={{A flexible multilingual TTS development and speech research tool}},
year=2001,
booktitle={Proc. 7th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology (Eurospeech 2001)},
pages={517--520},
doi={10.21437/Eurospeech.2001-139}
}