[hts-users:01560] Re: HTS-based products

["Heiga ZEN (Byung Ha CHUN)" <zen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Alexis Moinet wrote (2008/07/28 11:27):

> I would think that Nuance might be using some sort of statistical 
> synthesis too.
>
> see http://www.nuance.com/news/pressreleases/2007/20070327_speech.asp
>
> though they don't *explicitly* mention it in that press release, the 
> description of the system matches the description of HMM-based speech 
> synthesis quite well.

Yeah, it specifications sound like statistical parametric synthesis.  I also 
listened its speech samples, they were quite smooth and intelligible.  However, 
as you mentioned, there is no explicit descriptions about its background 
technology :-(  So it's unable to list it in our publication...

Best regards,

Heiga ZEN (Byung Ha CHUN)

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