* Publications [#z45e85ef] #contents ** Basic core techniques [#l9b04238] - K. Tokuda, T. Yoshimura, T. Masuko, T. Kobayashi, T. Kitamura, ``Speech parameter generation algorithms for HMM-based speech synthesis,'' '''Proc. of ICASSP''', vol.3, pp.1315-1318, June 2000. &ref(tokuda_icassp2000.pdf,,"pdf"); - K. Tokuda, T. Mausko, N. Miyazaki, T. Kobayashi, ``Multi-space probability distribution HMM,'' '''IEICE Trans. Inf. & Syst.''', vol.E85-D, no.3, pp.455-464, Mar. 2002. &ref(tokuda_ieice_e85-d_3_455-464_2002.pdf,,"pdf"); - T. Yoshimura, K. Tokuda, T. Masuko, T. Kobayashi, T. Kitamura, ``Simultaneous modeling of spectrum, pitch and duration in HMM-based speech synthesis,'' '''Proc. of Eurospeech''', vol.5, pp.2347-2350, Sept. 1999. &ref(yoshimura_eurospeech1999.pdf,,"pdf"); &ref(http://hts.ics.nitech.ac.jp/pdf/dur-correct/,,"correction"); - K. Tokuda, H. Zen, A.W. Black, ``An HMM-based speech synthesis system applied to English,'' '''Proc. of 2002 IEEE SSW''', Sept. 11-13, 2002. &ref(tokuda_TTSworkshop2002.pdf,,"pdf"); ** Speaker adaptation [#sea319db] - J. Yamagishi, M. Tamura, T. Masuko, K.Tokuda, T.Kobayashi, ``A training method of average voice model for HMM-based speech synthesis,'' '''IEICE Trans. on Fundamentals''', vol.E86-A, no.8, pp.1956-1963, Aug. 2003. - J. Yamagishi, M. Tamura, T. Masuko, K. Tokuda, T. Kobayashi, ``A context clustering technique for average voice models,'' '''IEICE Trans. Inf. & Syst.''', vol.E86-D, no.3, pp.534-542, Mar. 2003. - M. Tamura, T. Masuko, K. Tokuda, T. Kobayashi, ``Text-to-speech synthesis with arbitrary speaker's voice from average voice,'' '''Proc. of Eurospeech''', vol.1, pp.345-348, Sept. 2001. - M. Tamura, T. Masuko, K. Tokuda, T. Kobayashi, ``Adaptation of pitch and spectrum for HMM-based speech synthesis using MLLR,'' '''Proc of ICASSP''', vol.2, pp.805-808, May 2001. - M. Tamura, T. Masuko, K. Tokuda, T. Kobayashi, ``Speaker adaptation for HMM-based speech synthesis system using MLLR,'' '''Proc. ESCA/COCOSDA Workshop on Speech Synthesis''', pp.273-276, Nov. 1998. - T. Masuko, K. Tokuda, T. Kobayashi, S. Imai, ``Voice characteristics conversion for HMM-based speech synthesis system,'' '''Proc. of ICASSP''', vol.3, pp.1611-1614, Apr. 1997. - T. Masuko, K. Tokuda, T. Kobayashi, S. Imai, ``HMM-based speech synthesis with various voice characteristics,'' '''Proc. of ASA and ASJ 3rd Joint Meeting''', pp.1043-1046, Dec. 1996. ** Speaker interpolation [#j34fcdb8] - T. Yoshimura, T. Masuko, K. Tokuda, T. Kobayashi, T. Kitamura, ``Speaker interpolation in HMM-based speech synthesis system,'' '''Proc. of Eurospeech''', vol.5, pp.2523-2526, Sept. 1997. ** Eigenvoices [#p68fa620] - K. Shichiri, A. Sawabe, K. Tokuda, T. Masuko, T. Kobayashi, T. Kitamura, ``Eigenvoices for HMM-based speech synthesis,'' '''Prof. of ICSLP''', pp.1269-1272, Sept. 2002. ** Multiband excitation model [#x7dafa44] - Takayoshi Yoshimura, Keiichi Tokuda, Takashi Masuko, Takao Kobayashi, Tadashi Kitamura, ``Mixed excitation for HMM-based speech Synthesis,'' Proceedings of European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, vol.3, pp.2259-2262, Aalborg, Denmark, Sep. 3-7, 2001. ** Multilingual [#lde10388] - R. Maia, H. Zen, K. Tokuda, T. Kitamura, F.G. Resende Jr., ``Towards the development of a Brazilian Portuguese text-to-speech system based on HMM,'' '''Proc. of Eurospeech''', Sept. 2003.