Simulation of Human Speech Production Applied to the Study and Synthesis of European Portuguese
<p/> <p>A new articulatory synthesizer (SAPWindows), with a modular and flexible design, is described. A comprehensive acoustic model and a new interactive glottal source were implemented. Perceptual tests and simulations made possible by the synthesizer contributed to deepening our know...
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| author | Príncipe Jose C Teixeira António JS Martinez Roberto Silva Luís Nuno Jesus Luis MT Vaz Francisco AC |
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| description | <p/> <p>A new articulatory synthesizer (SAPWindows), with a modular and flexible design, is described. A comprehensive acoustic model and a new interactive glottal source were implemented. Perceptual tests and simulations made possible by the synthesizer contributed to deepening our knowledge of one of the most important characteristics of European Portuguese, the nasal vowels. First attempts at incorporating models of frication into the articulatory synthesizer are presented, demonstrating the potential of performing fricative synthesis based on broad articulatory configurations. Synthesis of nonsense words and Portuguese words with vowels and nasal consonants is also shown. Despite not being capable of competing with mainstream concatenative speech synthesis, the anthropomorphic approach to speech synthesis, known as articulatory synthesis, proved to be a valuable tool for phonetics research and teaching. This was particularly true for the European Portuguese nasal vowels.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e79e5d95baef40c29501412a48472a7a2022-12-22T03:53:02ZengSpringerOpenEURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing1687-61721687-61802005-01-0120059709592Simulation of Human Speech Production Applied to the Study and Synthesis of European PortuguesePríncipe Jose CTeixeira António JSMartinez RobertoSilva Luís NunoJesus Luis MTVaz Francisco AC<p/> <p>A new articulatory synthesizer (SAPWindows), with a modular and flexible design, is described. A comprehensive acoustic model and a new interactive glottal source were implemented. Perceptual tests and simulations made possible by the synthesizer contributed to deepening our knowledge of one of the most important characteristics of European Portuguese, the nasal vowels. First attempts at incorporating models of frication into the articulatory synthesizer are presented, demonstrating the potential of performing fricative synthesis based on broad articulatory configurations. Synthesis of nonsense words and Portuguese words with vowels and nasal consonants is also shown. Despite not being capable of competing with mainstream concatenative speech synthesis, the anthropomorphic approach to speech synthesis, known as articulatory synthesis, proved to be a valuable tool for phonetics research and teaching. This was particularly true for the European Portuguese nasal vowels.</p>http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/ASP.2005.1435articulatory synthesisspeech productionEuropean Portuguesenasal vowelsfricatives |
| spellingShingle | Príncipe Jose C Teixeira António JS Martinez Roberto Silva Luís Nuno Jesus Luis MT Vaz Francisco AC Simulation of Human Speech Production Applied to the Study and Synthesis of European Portuguese EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing articulatory synthesis speech production European Portuguese nasal vowels fricatives |
| title | Simulation of Human Speech Production Applied to the Study and Synthesis of European Portuguese |
| title_full | Simulation of Human Speech Production Applied to the Study and Synthesis of European Portuguese |
| title_fullStr | Simulation of Human Speech Production Applied to the Study and Synthesis of European Portuguese |
| title_full_unstemmed | Simulation of Human Speech Production Applied to the Study and Synthesis of European Portuguese |
| title_short | Simulation of Human Speech Production Applied to the Study and Synthesis of European Portuguese |
| title_sort | simulation of human speech production applied to the study and synthesis of european portuguese |
| topic | articulatory synthesis speech production European Portuguese nasal vowels fricatives |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/ASP.2005.1435 |
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