Description
Book SynopsisExplains and discusses how human speakers and listeners process speech and language. Focuses on those elements of current research which have the most bearing on future developments in the production of truly natural-sounding speech and the reliable recognition of continuous speech. Presents a concise and clear introduction to this increasingly complex and interdisciplinary field.
Table of ContentsPartial table of contents:
Fundamentals of Phonetic Science (E. Keller).
Prosodic Aspects of Speech (S. Werner & E. Keller).
Pauses and the Temporal Structure of Speech (B. Zellner).
STATE OF THE ART (E. Keller & J. Caelen).
Text-to-Speech Synthesis: An Introduction and a Case Study (B.Pfister & C. Traber).
Formant Synthesis (T. Styger & E. Keller).
CHALLENGES (E. Keller & J. Caelen).
The Prediction of Vowel Systems: Perceptual Contrast and Stability(L.-J.
Boe, et al.).
Semantic and Pragmatic Prediction of Prosodic Structures (G.Caelen-Haumont).
Multimodal Human-Computer Interface (J. Caelen).
Index.
