by Yu Wai Leung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 94-96). / Abstract --- p.1 / Introduction --- p.2 / Chapter 1. --- Human speech and its production model / Chapter 1.1 --- The human vocal system --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2 --- Speech production mechanism --- p.5 / Chapter 1.3 --- Acoustic properties of human speech --- p.5 / Chapter 1.4 --- Modeling the speech production process --- p.6 / Chapter 1.5 --- Speech as the spoken form of a language --- p.7 / Chapter 2. --- Speech analysis techniques / Chapter 2.1 --- Short time speech analysis and speech segmentation --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2 --- Pre-emphasis --- p.9 / Chapter 2.3 --- Linear predictive analysis --- p.10 / Chapter 2.4 --- Formant tracking --- p.13 / Chapter 2.5 --- Pitch determination --- p.20 / Chapter 3. --- Speech synthesis technology / Chapter 3.1 --- Overview --- p.24 / Chapter 3.2 --- Articulatory synthesis --- p.24 / Chapter 3.3 --- Concatenation synthesis --- p.24 / Chapter 3.4 --- LPC synthesis --- p.27 / Chapter 3.5 --- Formant speech synthesis --- p.28 / Chapter 3.6 --- Synthesis by rule --- p.29 / Chapter 4. --- LSYNTH: A parallel formant synthesizer / Chapter 4.1 --- Overview / Chapter 4.2 --- Synthesizer configuration: cascade and parallel --- p.32 / Chapter 4.3 --- Structure ofLSYNTH --- p.33 / Chapter 5. --- Automatic formant parameter extraction for parallel formant synthesizers / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.47 / Chapter 5.2 --- The idea of a feedback analysis system --- p.48 / Chapter 5.3 --- Overview of the feedback analysis system --- p.49 / Chapter 5.4 --- Iterative spectral matching algorithm --- p.52 / Chapter 5.5 --- Results and discussions --- p.65 / Chapter 6. --- Generate formant trajectories in synthesis-by-rule systems / Chapter 6.1 --- Formant trajectories generation in synthesis-by-rule systems --- p.70 / Chapter 6.2 --- Modeling formant transitions --- p.71 / Chapter 6.3 --- Conventional formant transition calculation --- p.72 / Chapter 6.4 --- The 4-point Bezier curve model --- p.73 / Chapter 6.5 --- Modeling of formant transitions for Cantonese --- p.77 / Chapter 7. --- Some listening test results / Chapter 7.1 --- Introduction --- p.87 / Chapter 7.2 --- Tone recognition test --- p.87 / Chapter 7.3 --- Cantonese final recognition test --- p.89 / Chapter 7.4 --- Problems and discussions --- p.91 / Conclusion --- p.92 / References --- p.94 / Appendix A: The Cantonese phonetic system --- p.97 / "Appendix B: TPIT, A tone trajectory generator for Cantonese" --- p.103
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_319154 |
| Date | January 1993 |
| Contributors | Yu, Wai Leung., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Computer Science. |
| Publisher | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, 106 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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