rent-now

Rent More, Save More! Use code: ECRENTAL

5% off 1 book, 7% off 2 books, 10% off 3+ books

9780199208777

Expression in Speech Analysis and Synthesis

by ;
  • ISBN13:

    9780199208777

  • ISBN10:

    0199208778

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-11-23
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.

Purchase Benefits

  • Free Shipping Icon Free Shipping On Orders Over $35!
    Your order must be $35 or more to qualify for free economy shipping. Bulk sales, PO's, Marketplace items, eBooks and apparel do not qualify for this offer.
  • eCampus.com Logo Get Rewarded for Ordering Your Textbooks! Enroll Now
  • Write a Review Icon Write a Review
List Price: $40.52 Save up to $21.53
  • Rent Book $28.87
    Add to Cart Free Shipping Icon Free Shipping

    TERM
    PRICE
    DUE
    USUALLY SHIPS IN 3-5 BUSINESS DAYS
    *This item is part of an exclusive publisher rental program and requires an additional convenience fee. This fee will be reflected in the shopping cart.

How To: Textbook Rental

Looking to rent a book? Rent Expression in Speech Analysis and Synthesis [ISBN: 9780199208777] for the semester, quarter, and short term or search our site for other textbooks by Tatham, Mark; Morton, Katherine. Renting a textbook can save you up to 90% from the cost of buying.

Summary

All human speech has expression. It is part of the 'humanness' of speech, and is a quality listeners expect to find. Without expression, speech sounds lifeless and artificial. Remove expression, and what's left is the bare bones of the intended message, but none of the feelings which surround the message. The purpose of this book is to present research examining expressive content in speech with a view to simulating expression in computer speech. Human beings communicate expressively with each other in conversation: now in the computer age there is a perceived need for machines to communicate expressively with humans in dialogue.

Author Biography


Mark Tatham is Professor in the Department of Language and Linguistics at the University of Essex. He researches the theory of the production and perception of speech within the general theory of linguistics. He has taught phonology, computational modelling, and speech aspects of neuro-psychology at the University of California and the University of Ohio.
Katherine Morton is a Fellow in the Department of Language and Linguistics at the University of Essex. She has published research in modelling speech production and perception within the overall framework of human communication, constrained by linguistic theory. She has taught experimental linguistics/phonetics at the University of Cambridge and the University of California.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Expression in Speech
Natural Speech
Speech Synthesis
Expression in Natural Speech
Expression in Synthetic Speech
The Perception of Expression
Transferring Natural Expression to Synthesis
The State of the Art
Emotion in Speech Synthesis
Recent Developments in Synthesis Models
Expression and Emotion: The Research
The Biology and Psychology Perspectives
The Linguistics, Phonology, and Phonetics Perspective
The Speech Technology Perspective
The Influence of Emotion Studies
Development of an Integrated Model of Expression
The Beginnings of a Generalized Model of Expression
All Speech is Expression Based
Expressive Synthesis - The Longer Term
An Expression and Prosody Based Model of Speech Production
Conclusion
References
Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved.

Supplemental Materials

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

Rewards Program