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Variable Speed Speech Synthesis
Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N68335-08-C-0431
Agency Tracking Number: N082-149-0858
Amount:
$79,969.00
Phase:
Phase I
Program:
SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code:
N08-149
Solicitation Number:
2008.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year:
2008
Award Year:
2008
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date):
2008-08-11
Award End Date (Contract End Date):
2009-02-11
Small Business Information
30 A Vreeland Road, Suite 130
Florham Park, NJ
07932
United States
DUNS:
125624432
HUBZone Owned:
No
Woman Owned:
No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged:
No
Principal Investigator
Name: Qi (Peter) Li
Title: President
Phone: (973) 822-0048
Email: li@licreativetech.com
Title: President
Phone: (973) 822-0048
Email: li@licreativetech.com
Business Contact
Name: Qi Li
Title: President
Phone: (973) 822-0048
Email: li@licreativetech.com
Title: President
Phone: (973) 822-0048
Email: li@licreativetech.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract
We propose a completely trainable speech synthesis solution that is capable of synthesizing variable speed speech from different speakers under various speaking status. Specifically, our proposed system consists of a speaking status synthesis module, a speaker (accent) morphing module and a text-to-speech synthesis module. The novelty and uniqueness of our proposed approach are as follows: First, it decouples speaking status and speaker voice characteristics, and model them separately; second, it comprises two completely trainable modules. This allows the system to synthesize a variety of speech, e.g. fast speech under highly stressful condition.
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