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This diploma thesis discusses modification of a speech rate. The PSOLA (Pitch Synchronous OverLap Add) method was used for the rate modification. This algorithm works in time domain. Another method -- phase vocoder, which works in frequency domain is also presented in an overview. This thesis extends the PSOLA method with a phoneme recognition, which allows for better understandability of the speech output by considering characteristics of the phonemes beeing pronounced. To examine this proposed method, an application connecting PSOLA and a phoneme recognizer was developed.

This thesis deals with the analysis methods used to fundamental frequency detection and methods for changing the fundamental frequency of the audio signal containing vocals. It also explores general musical intonation theory. On the basis of this analysis, suitable methods are selected for the follow realization software fine-tuning vocal audio signal.