In this paper, we describe the configuration of our synthesizer, as used for the Blizzard Challenge the first time. Two new UK English voices were built for the DSSP synthesizer, our in-house unit selection synthesizer, which uses non-uniform units and a symbolic description of target prosody. Listening tests indicate reasonable quality although there is still room for improvement.
Latacz, L, Kong, YO, Mattheyses, W & Verhelst, W 2008, An Overview of the VUB Entry for the 2008 Blizzard Challenge. in Blizzard Challenge 2008, Brisbane, Australia. Finds and Results from the Swedish Cyprus Expedition: A Gender Perspective at the Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden, 21/09/09. <http://www.festvox.org/blizzard/bc2008/vub_Blizzard2008.pdf>
Latacz, L., Kong, Y. O., Mattheyses, W., & Verhelst, W. (2008). An Overview of the VUB Entry for the 2008 Blizzard Challenge. In Blizzard Challenge 2008, Brisbane, Australia http://www.festvox.org/blizzard/bc2008/vub_Blizzard2008.pdf
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title = "An Overview of the VUB Entry for the 2008 Blizzard Challenge",
abstract = "In this paper, we describe the configuration of our synthesizer, as used for the Blizzard Challenge the first time. Two new UK English voices were built for the DSSP synthesizer, our in-house unit selection synthesizer, which uses non-uniform units and a symbolic description of target prosody. Listening tests indicate reasonable quality although there is still room for improvement.",
keywords = "speech synthesis, unit selection, evaluation of synthesized speech",
author = "Lukas Latacz and Kong, {Yuk On} and Wesley Mattheyses and Werner Verhelst",
year = "2008",
month = sep,
day = "21",
language = "English",
booktitle = "Blizzard Challenge 2008, Brisbane, Australia",
note = "Finds and Results from the Swedish Cyprus Expedition: A Gender Perspective at the Medelhavsmuseet ; Conference date: 21-09-2009 Through 25-09-2009",
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