A real time speech synthesis system for a personal computer is described. Details are given of real time considerations and an explanation is given as to how the system was implemented. The main modules of the linguistic and synthesis component are described. The flexible configuration of the system is demonstrated and two example applications are examined.
Cite as: Taylor, P.A., Nairn, I.A., Sutherland, A.M., Jack, M.A. (1991) A realtime speech synthesis system. Proc. 2nd European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology (Eurospeech 1991), 341-344, doi: 10.21437/Eurospeech.1991-91
@inproceedings{taylor91_eurospeech,
author={P. A. Taylor and I. A. Nairn and A. M. Sutherland and Mervyn A. Jack},
title={{A realtime speech synthesis system}},
year=1991,
booktitle={Proc. 2nd European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology (Eurospeech 1991)},
pages={341--344},
doi={10.21437/Eurospeech.1991-91}
}