An Introduction to Text-to-Speech Synthesis (Text, Speech and Language Technology) [Paperback]

Thierry Dutoit (Author)

Book Description

Series: Text, Speech and Language Technology | Publication Date: November 30, 2001

This is the first book to treat two areas of speech synthesis: natural language processing and the inherent problems it presents for speech synthesis; and digital signal processing, with an emphasis on the concatenative approach. The text guides the reader through the material in a step-by-step easy-to-follow way. The book will be of interest to researchers and students in phonetics and speech communication, in both academia and industry.

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About the Author

Thierry Dutoit graduated as an electrical engineer and PhD from the Faculté Polytechnique de Mons, Belgium, in 1988 and 1993, respectively. He is now assistant professor at the Faculté Polytechnique de Mons and consultant for AT&T Labs Research in Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA. He is the author of the widely acclaimed MBROLA high quality free speech synthesis project.

Product Details

• Paperback: 316 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (November 30, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1402003692
• ISBN-13: 978-1402003691
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,420,979 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good book, but with a couple small flaws, November 15, 2008

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This review is from: An Introduction to Text-to-Speech Synthesis (Text, Speech and Language Technology) (Paperback)

The book gives a nice overview of the field and is well organized. My only complaints are that it's getting a little dated and modern techniques are only mentioned in passing or are not present at all. The second small flaw is that the author is clearly not a native English writer and apparently no native English writer edited the final version. If the author were to create a second edition with a little more of the modern techniques covered and with all the awkward English corrected by a native English writer this would be a gem that would hold up for many more years.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good introductory survey, April 8, 2002

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This review is from: An Introduction to Text-to-Speech Synthesis (Text, Speech and Language Technology) (Hardcover)

A survey of common practice in TTS sytems together with major limitations as well as research directions. Generally well written, I would prefer more precise technical details though.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the very knowledgable books on speech technology, August 1, 1999

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This review is from: An Introduction to Text-to-Speech Synthesis (Text, Speech and Language Technology) (Hardcover)

I have found it very much knowledge ful for those who to do something in speech technology. It is very nice step towards research towards speech techology.