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A Parametric Tongue Model for Animated Speech

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Computer Animation and Simulation 2000

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We present a tongue model for use in computer-animated speech. The model is capable of representing tongue shapes during the production of English vowels and consonants as well as general motion of the tongue. Geometrically, the model is composed of a NURBS surface with 60 control points and an 8 + 13 grid of bi-cubic patches. We also present a parameterization of the model that requires only 6 parameters for use during speech production.

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  1. Graphics Animation and Visualization Environment (GRAVE) Computer and Information Science Department, The Ohio State University, USA

    Scott A. King & Richard E. Parent

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  1. MIRA Lab, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann

  2. Computer Graphics Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Daniel Thalmann

  3. Institut de Recherche an Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires, Rennes, France

    Bruno Arnaldi

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King, S.A., Parent, R.E. (2000). A Parametric Tongue Model for Animated Speech. In: Magnenat-Thalmann, N., Thalmann, D., Arnaldi, B. (eds) Computer Animation and Simulation 2000. Eurographics. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6344-3_1

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