A complete text-to-speech synthesis system in Tamil

@article{JayavardhanaRama2002ACT,
  title={A complete text-to-speech synthesis system in Tamil},
  author={G.L. Jayavardhana Rama and A. G. Ramakrishnan and Rangarao Muralishankar and R. J. Prathibha},
  journal={Proceedings of 2002 IEEE Workshop on Speech Synthesis, 2002.},
  year={2002},
  pages={191-194}
}
We report the design and development of Thirukkural, the first text-to-speech converter in Tamil. [] Key Method An automatic segmentation algorithm has been devised for segmenting syllables into consonant and vowel. The units are pitch marked using the discrete cosine transform-spectral autocorrelation function (DCTSAF). Prosodic information is captured in tables based on extensive observation of spoken Tamil.
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