Yuan-Yi Fan
ABSTRACT
Contour is a voice-guided speech re-synthesis system we previously developed for efficient TTS (Text-to-Speech) content production. In this follow-up evaluation study, we investigate qualities of synthetic speech produced using Contour against a conventional parametric-based workflow by evaluating expressive dimensions of produced TTS content using vocal prosodic parameters. Based on the quantitative and qualitative results, we discuss user preferences between these two workflows for producing TTS content.
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- Yuan-Yi Fan, Soyoung Shin, and Vids Samanta. 2017. Contour: An Efficient Voice-enabled Workflow for Producing Text-to-Speech Content. In Adjunct Publication of the 30th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. ACM, 133--135. Google ScholarDigital Library
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- Evaluating expressiveness of a voice-guided speech re-synthesis system using vocal prosodic parameters
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