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Optimization of Arabic Database and an Implementation for Arabic Speech Synthesis System using HMM: HTS_ARAB_TALK
| International Journal of Computer Applications |
| Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
| Volume 73 - Number 17 |
| Year of Publication: 2013 |
| Authors: Krichi Mohamed Khalil, Cherif Adnan |
10.5120/12832-9941
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Krichi Mohamed Khalil, Cherif Adnan . Optimization of Arabic Database and an Implementation for Arabic Speech Synthesis System using HMM: HTS_ARAB_TALK. International Journal of Computer Applications. 73, 17 ( July 2013), 11-17. DOI=10.5120/12832-9941
Abstract
This paper presents an optimization of the Arabic database and a prototype for real-time speech synthesis. Statistical parametric speech synthesis is a relatively new approach to speech synthesis. Hidden Markov model based speech synthesis, the techniques in this approach, has been demonstrated to be very effective in synthesizing high quality, natural and expressive speech. This work modified the publicly available HTS to establish a complete architecture system, called HTS_ARAB_TALK, which provides us with a basis for further research for a future fully real-time speech synthesis system and we give an overview of the Arabic speech synthesis system using HMM. A brief description of the HTS_ARAB_TALK is presented with some emphasis on the feature that is relevant to the Arabic language. Finally, a mean opinion score for the synthesized speech is presented. These results were supported by subjective evaluation.
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