[hts-users:03121] Re: Parameters of Festival cmu_us_slt_arctic_hts voice

[Keiichiro Oura <uratec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

The SLT voice in Festival 2.1 was trained by using the standard
programs and data files.
But, the analysis/training parameters are very different from the
standard demo scripts.

Regards,
Keiichiro Oura


2011/12/4 Mark Huckvale <m.huckvale@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Dear List
>
> I have built an HTS voice from the SLT ARCTIC audio files as per the
> demonstration recipe, but the voice doesn't sound as good as the SLT voice
> that comes with Festival 2.1. It sounds more "buzzy" and has some harsh
> fricatives.
>
> Is a different recipe required to get the superior voice, or is that quality
> not attainable using the standard programs and demo data files?
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark
> --
> Mark Huckvale
> UCL Speech, Hearing & Phonetic Sciences
> www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/mark
>
>