1. THE SYNTHESIS OF ENGLISH VOWELS.
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Arnold, G. F., Denes, P., Gimson, A. C., O'Connor, J. D., and Trim, J. L. M.
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SPEECH synthesis , *SPEECH processing systems , *TELEPHONES , *COMPUTATIONAL linguistics , *INFORMATION theory , *VOWELS , *ENGLISH language , *SPEECH research - Abstract
The article investigates the processes involved in the synthesis of English vowels by researchers from London, England. The chief practical aim of experimental investigations of speech has been the design of improved methods of telephone transmission. Numerous experiments have been carried out to throw further light on the relationship between the phoneme sequences of a linguistic text and the characteristics of the resulting acoustic wave and to find the rules for generating sound waves that will be recognized as a particular speech sequence. In this study, the researchers described the construction and operation of a new speech synthesizer and an account of experiments designed to establish data for the successful synthesis of English vowels is given.
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- 1958
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