Research Article
The Development of Pashto Speech Synthesis System
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
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| Volume 71 - Issue 24 |
| Published: June 2013 |
| Authors: Muhammad Akbar Ali Khan, Sahibzada Abdur Rehman Abid, Fatima Tuz Zuhra, Nasir Ahmad |
10.5120/12695-9478
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Muhammad Akbar Ali Khan, Sahibzada Abdur Rehman Abid, Fatima Tuz Zuhra, Nasir Ahmad . The Development of Pashto Speech Synthesis System. International Journal of Computer Applications. 71, 24 (June 2013), 49-53. DOI=10.5120/12695-9478
@article{ 10.5120/12695-9478,
author = { Muhammad Akbar Ali Khan,Sahibzada Abdur Rehman Abid,Fatima Tuz Zuhra,Nasir Ahmad },
title = { The Development of Pashto Speech Synthesis System },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
year = { 2013 },
volume = { 71 },
number = { 24 },
pages = { 49-53 },
doi = { 10.5120/12695-9478 },
publisher = { Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA }
}
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%A Muhammad Akbar Ali Khan
%A Sahibzada Abdur Rehman Abid
%A Fatima Tuz Zuhra
%A Nasir Ahmad
%T The Development of Pashto Speech Synthesis System%T
%J International Journal of Computer Applications
%V 71
%N 24
%P 49-53
%R 10.5120/12695-9478
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract
This paper presents a novel Pashto text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis system based on data driven techniques such as Classification and Regression Tree (CART), Bigrams, and Non Uniform Units (NUUs). A modular concatenative TTS system has been developed for the Pashto language. Speech synthesis is carried out through a series of steps with the intention to provide a gradually more absolute transcription of the text, from which the final speech signal is then generated. The steps can be divided into two modules; a Natural Language Processing (NLP) module and a Digital Signal Processing (DSP) module. These steps incrementally enhance the information derived from the input and put it on a generally accessible internal data structure. The goal is to obtain enough information on the internal data structure so as to be capable to obtain an intelligible and natural speech.
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