Fundamentals of Speech Synthesis and Speech Recognition

Explains and discusses how human speakers and listeners process speech and language. Focuses on those elements of current research which have the most bearing on future developments in the production of truly natural-sounding speech and the reliable recognition of continuous speech. Presents a concise and clear introduction to this increasingly complex and interdisciplinary field. Partial table of contents:

Fundamentals of Phonetic Science (E. Keller).

Prosodic Aspects of Speech (S. Werner & E. Keller).

Pauses and the Temporal Structure of Speech (B. Zellner).

STATE OF THE ART (E. Keller & J. Caelen).

Text-to-Speech Synthesis: An Introduction and a Case Study (B.Pfister & C. Traber).

Formant Synthesis (T. Styger & E. Keller).

CHALLENGES (E. Keller & J. Caelen).

The Prediction of Vowel Systems: Perceptual Contrast and Stability(L.-J.

Boe, et al.).

Semantic and Pragmatic Prediction of Prosodic Structures (G.Caelen-Haumont).

Multimodal Human-Computer Interface (J. Caelen).

Index.

E. Keller is the editor of Fundamentals of Speech Synthesis and Speech Recognition, published by Wiley.