title: Using pitch accenting to improve Japanese text-to-speech understanding.
abstract: In order to develop an assistive technology that can increase computer accessibility for visually impaired people, we investigated the effect of pitch accenting on Japanese text-to-speech understanding. The effect was confirmed when a training procedure was introduced. Besides, we proposed an individual-adaptive pitching accenting method to explore the optimal pitch accents for individual users. The exploration process of one subject in a verification experiment was analyzed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical System Engineering, Chiba University, Japan.
authors.forename: Wenwei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yokoi
authors.forename: Yukinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kakazu
authors.forename: Toshiyo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamura