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Generating expressive speech for storytelling applications
Work on expressive speech synthesis has long focused on the expression of basic emotions. In recent years, however, interest in other expressive styles has been increasing. The research presented in this paper aims at the generation of a storytelling speaking style, which is suitable for storytelling applications and more in general, for applications aimed at children. Based on an analysis of human storytellers' speech, we designed and implemented a set of prosodic rules for converting "neutral" speech, as produced by a text-to-speech system, into storytelling speech. An evaluation of our storytelling speech generation system showed encouraging results
A karakterĂĄbrĂĄzolĂĄs alapfrekvencia-jellemzĆi
A meseolvasĂĄs egy speciĂĄlis terĂŒlete a beszĂ©dnek. A mesĂ©t olvasĂłk beszĂ©dĂŒk vĂĄltozatossĂĄgĂĄval ragadjĂĄk meg, illetve tartjĂĄk fenn
a hallgatĂłsĂĄg figyelmĂ©t, az egyes karakterek jellegzetessĂ©geit a hangjukkal jelenĂtik meg. EbbĆl adĂłdĂłan a meseolvasĂĄsszupraszegmentĂĄlisszerkezete eltĂ©rhet mĂĄs beszĂ©dmƱfajokĂ©tĂłl (Fackrell et al. 2000; Theune et
al. 2006). A mesĂ©n belĂŒl az egyes karakterek, illetve bizonyos karaktertĂpusok megjelenĂtĂ©sĂ©nek mĂłdja is kĂŒlönbözik (Doukhan et al. 2011).
A jelen kutatĂĄsban sztereotip tulajdonsĂĄgokkal rendelkezĆ karakterek ĂĄbrĂĄzolĂĄsĂĄt vizsgĂĄltam. Elemeztem az ĂĄtlagos alapfrekvenciĂĄt, a hangterjedelmet Ă©s a zöngeminĆsĂ©get. Az eredmĂ©nyek szerint szignifikĂĄnsan eltĂ©rt
az åtlagos alapfrekvencia és hangterjedelem a karakterek mentén. A irregulåris részek arånya is tendenciaszerƱen eltérést mutatott a karakterek
mentén