Using pitch accenting to improve Japanese text-to-speech understanding.
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.
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Wenwei
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Department of Medical System Engineering, Chiba University, Japan.
Yokoi
Hiroshi
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Kakazu
Yukinori
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Tamura
Toshiyo
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