[hts-users:04385] Fwd: Tone of Voice in Synthesized Speech

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From: Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Augmentative and Alternative Communication <rerc.aac@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2016-02-16 1:10 GMT+09:00
Subject: Tone of Voice in Synthesized Speech - Student Research and Design Competition
To: Tokuda Keeichi <tokuda@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Student Research and Development Competition
in Synthesized Speech

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Dear Tokuda,
The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (RERC on AAC) is excited to announce a Student Research and Development Competition on the topic of t one of voice in synthesized speech. The competition deadline is May 12, 2016.

A Research and Development Award (up to a total of $4,000) is available to the first place student project. $2,500 of the award funds can be used by the first place student team to support approved expenses to further the project, including additional research and development activities and/or dissemination activities (e.g., travel to visit a research mentor, conference travel and registration, etc). $1,500 of the award funds is also available to the first place student project to support attendance at the 2016 RESNA conference in Washington, D.C., USA.

Synthesized speech is often used in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems for persons with severe disabilities. We hope this competition will be of interest to you and your students because of your prior work in speech synthesis, as evidenced by your recent publication
tokuda, K., Nankaku, Y., Toda, T., Zen, H., Yamagishi, J., & Oura, K. (2013). Speech synthesis based on hidden Markov models..

For additional information please visit https://rerc-aac.psu.edu/student-research-design-competition-tone-of-voice-in-aac-systems/ or email David McNaughton at dbm2@xxxxxxx. Please forward this email to any individuals who may have an interest in this competition.

We invite you to visit our website at rerc-aac.org , to view full information on the research, development, training, and dissemination activities of the RERC on AAC. The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (RERC on AAC) is funded under grant H133E140026 from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), located in the Administration for Community Living of the Department of Health and Human Services. The contents do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR.

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