Implementation and testing of a system for producing emotion-by-rule in synthetic speech

TY - JOUR

T1 - Implementation and testing of a system for producing emotion-by-rule in synthetic speech

AU - Murray, Iain R.

AU - Arnott, John L.

N1 - Copyright 2009 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 1995/6

Y1 - 1995/6

N2 - A system is described which adds simulated emotion effects to synthetic speech. The control parameters of a speech synthesizer are controlled by rule in order to simulate the features of emotion expressed in the human voice. The system can simulate six vocal emotions and was evaluated with naïve listeners. The results indicated that the system was producing recognizable vocal emotions, with perception rankings similar to those found by previous research on human emotional speech. This system has been developed for use in voice prosthesis systems for non-vocal disabled persons, although it could be used to enhance any application which uses rule-based synthetic speech.

AB - A system is described which adds simulated emotion effects to synthetic speech. The control parameters of a speech synthesizer are controlled by rule in order to simulate the features of emotion expressed in the human voice. The system can simulate six vocal emotions and was evaluated with naïve listeners. The results indicated that the system was producing recognizable vocal emotions, with perception rankings similar to those found by previous research on human emotional speech. This system has been developed for use in voice prosthesis systems for non-vocal disabled persons, although it could be used to enhance any application which uses rule-based synthetic speech.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0029325035

U2 - 10.1016/0167-6393(95)00005-9

DO - 10.1016/0167-6393(95)00005-9

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:0029325035

SN - 0167-6393

VL - 16

SP - 369

EP - 390

JO - Speech Communication

JF - Speech Communication

IS - 4

ER -