Award Year / Program / Phase:
2003 / STTR / Phase I
Agency:
HHS
Research Institution:
ALFRED I. DU PONT HOSP FOR CHILDREN
Principal Investigator:
Timothy H. Bunnell
Award Amount:
$199,852.00
RI Contact:
N/A
Abstract:
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): ModelTalker is a text-to-speech synthesis (TTS) system intended to be of particular interest to potential Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) device users. Most present AAC devices use TTS software that derives from rule-based formant synthesis…
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Award Year / Program / Phase:
2007 / STTR / Phase II
Agency:
HHS
Research Institution:
A.I. DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILD
Award Amount:
$839,438.00
RI Contact:
N/A
Abstract:
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project encompasses development and testing of a concatenative text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis system known as ModelTalker and software called InvTool which guides individuals in creating personal synthetic voices f
or use with ModelTalker. The overall system…
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