In this paper we present an embedded unified speech recognizer and synthesizer using identical, speaker independent Hidden- Markov-Models. The system was prototypically realized on a signal processor extended by a field programmable gate array. In a first section we will give a brief overview of the system. The main part of the paper deals with a specially designed unit based HMM synthesis algorithm. In a last section we state the results of an informal listening evaluation of the speech synthesizer.
Cite as: Strecha, G., Wolff, M., Duckhorn, F., Wittenberg, S., Tschöpe, C. (2009) The HMM synthesis algorithm of an embedded unified speech recognizer and synthesizer. Proc. Interspeech 2009, 1763-1766, doi: 10.21437/Interspeech.2009-144
@inproceedings{strecha09_interspeech, author={Guntram Strecha and Matthias Wolff and Frank Duckhorn and Sören Wittenberg and Constanze Tschöpe}, title={{The HMM synthesis algorithm of an embedded unified speech recognizer and synthesizer}}, year=2009, booktitle={Proc. Interspeech 2009}, pages={1763--1766}, doi={10.21437/Interspeech.2009-144} }