Neural network based generation of fundamental frequency contours

@article{Scordilis1989NeuralNB,
  title={Neural network based generation of fundamental frequency contours},
  author={Michael S. Scordilis and John N. Gowdy},
  journal={International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing,},
  year={1989},
  pages={219-222 vol.1}
}
  • M. ScordilisJ. Gowdy
  • Published 23 May 1989
  • Computer Science
  • International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing,
Although a number of algorithms exist for the generation of the fundamental frequency contour in automatic text-to-speech conversion systems, the absence of a general theory of intonation still prevents the correct derivation of this important feature in unrestricted text applications. A parallel distributed approach is presented in which two neural networks were designed to learn the F0 values for each phoneme and the F0 fluctuations within each phoneme for words that correspond to a small… 
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