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A new hybrid approach for speech synthesis: application to the Arabic language

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This research is part of the automatic speech synthesis (ASS) field; it addresses a study on the voice production based on a text written in the Arabic language. Our principal purpose is the design of a new hybrid approach that integrates the advantages of artificial intelligence in the field of ASS using expert systems (ES). We describe the methodology tackled for the approach design, and we present its principal realization steps, which are summarized as follows; (1) the sound base creation based on the elaborated corpus; (2) the linguistic processing, which is responsible for the conversion of the written form of the text to its spoken form; and (3) the acoustic generation corresponding to the pre-acquired Text. The adopted approach is based on a conceptual analysis of the principal steps needed for the design of our speech synthesis ES. Finally, we present the system evaluation report and we explain the obtained results.

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  1. LRIA, Option: Knowledge Representation and Inference Systems, USTHB, Algiers, Algeria

    Hanane Tebbi & Hamid Azzoune

  2. University SAAD Dahleb Blida, Blida, Algeria

    Maamar Hamadouche

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Tebbi, H., Hamadouche, M. & Azzoune, H. A new hybrid approach for speech synthesis: application to the Arabic language. Int J Speech Technol 22, 629–637 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10772-018-9499-4

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