NDLI: A highly intelligible speech synthesis for banking services in financial network system ANSER

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Koyama, T. Horie, T. Yoshioka, T. Yoshitani, F. Takahashi, J.
Copyright Year	1998
Description	Author affiliation: Lab. for Inf. Technol., NTT Data Corp., Kanagawa, Japan (Koyama, T.)
Abstract	This paper describes the Japanese waveform-based speech synthesis that has been successfully added to the ANSER (Automatic answer Network System for Electronic Request) system, which is widely used for banking services in Japan. This method can produce highly intelligible speech comparable to natural voice. Its key features include a waveform dictionary containing specific waveforms for efficient pitch control, Japanese syllable unit-based waveform-CV, accurate accent control, and efficient waveform concatenation based on signal interpolation. A high intelligibility of 90% was attained (compared with 79% for the current LSP-CVC method) for 500 Japanese family names used in actual service.
Starting Page	87
Ending Page	90
File Size	395620
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780350286
DOI	10.1109/IVTTA.1998.727699
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1998-09-29
Publisher Place	Italy
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Speech synthesis Banking Intelligent networks Telephony Network synthesis Dictionaries Interpolation Degradation Artificial intelligence Laboratories
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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A highly intelligible speech synthesis for banking services in financial network system ANSER