Outline

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Outline

• Character Pronunciation
• Word/phrase Boundaries
• Dialect
• Sound Effect
• Speaking Style
• Macro (Variable, alias)
• Say-as Extension translation

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Character Pronunciation

• lt?xml version"1.0"?gt ltspeak version"1.0"
  xmlnshttp//www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis
  xmlnsxsihttp//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instan
  ce xsischemaLocationhttp//www.w3.org/2001/10/
  synthesis http//www.w3.org/TR/speech-synthesis/sy
  nthesis.xsd xmllangzh-cngt lt!--Polyphone
  character ?. --gt ltpgt??????ltphoneme
  alphabet"?" ph"jiang1 " pos " adv "
  gt?lt/phonemegt???????????lt/pgt lt/speakgt

jiang1 p, v, adv.jiang4 n.
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Word/phrase Boundaries

• lt?xml version"1.0"?gt ltspeak version"1.0"
  xmlns"http//www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis"
  xmlnsxsi"http//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instan
  ce" xsischemaLocation"http//www.w3.org/2001/10/
  synthesis http//www.w3.org/TR/speech-synthesis/sy
  nthesis.xsd" xmllang"zh-cn"gt lt!--Major phrase
  label ltL3/gt --gtltpgtltprosodygt??????ltL3/gt?????lt/pro
  sodygtlt/pgt lt/speakgt

L0 syllable boundaryL1 prosodic word
boundaryL2 minor phrase boundaryL3 major
phrase boundary
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Dialect

• lt?xml version"1.0"?gtltspeak version"1.0"
  xmlns"http//www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis"
  xmlnsxsi"http//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instan
  ce" xsischemaLocation"http//www.w3.org/2001/10/
  synthesis http//www.w3.org/TR/speech-synthesis/sy
  nthesis.xsd" xmllang"en-US"gt lt!--Use
  Szechwan-ese to synthesize the following
  sentence. --gt ltp xmllang"zh-cn"
  ssmllang2"cn-sc"gt????????lt/pgtlt/speakgt

sc Si-Chuan (Szechwan)sx Shan-Xi
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Sound Effect

• lt?xml version"1.0"?gt ltspeak version"1.0"
  xmlns"http//www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis"
  xmlnsxsi"http//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instan
  ce xsischemaLocationhttp//www.w3.org/2001/10/
  synthesis http//www.w3.org/TR/speech-synthesis/sy
  nthesis.xsd xmllangzh-cngt lt!--Use
  some-filter to render the synthesized sound.
  --gt ltpgtltprosody post-filtersome-filtergt???????
  ????lt/prosodygtlt/pgt lt/speakgt

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Speaking Style

• lt?xml version"1.0"?gt lt!--lttemplate
  name"1"gtltprosody rate"-10" volumn"soft"/gtlt/te
  mplategt--gtltspeak version"1.0"
  xmlns"http//www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis"
  xmlnsxsi"http//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instan
  ce" xsischemaLocation"http//www.w3.org/2001/10/
  synthesis http//www.w3.org/TR/speech-synthesis/sy
  nthesis.xsd" xmllang"zh-cn"gt lt!--Speaking
  style template --gt ltp ssmlprosody-template"1"gt
  ???????????lt/pgt lt/speakgt

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Macro (Variable, Alias)

• lt?xml version"1.0"?gt lt!--ltmacro
  namedate"gt2005/10/20lt/macrogtltmacro
  namearticle"gtCD???????lt/macrogt--gtltspeak
  version"1.0" xmlns"http//www.w3.org/2001/10/syn
  thesis" xmlnsxsi"http//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchem
  a-instance" xsischemaLocation"http//www.w3.org/
  2001/10/synthesis http//www.w3.org/TR/speech-synt
  hesis/synthesis.xsd" xmllang"zh-cn"gt lt!--Macro
  --gt ltp gt??????ltmacrogtarticlelt/macrogt???ltmacrogtdat
  elt/macrogt ???lt/pgt lt/speakgt

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Say-as Extension Translation

• lt?xml version"1.0"?gt ltspeak version"1.0"
  xmlns"http//www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis
  xmlnsxsihttp//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instan
  ce xsischemaLocationhttp//www.w3.org/2001/10/
  synthesis http//www.w3.org/TR/speech-synthesis/sy
  nthesis.xsd xmllangzh-cngt lt!--Translation
  say-as element. IBM -gt ???????? --gt ltp gtltsay-as
  interpret-as translation gtIBMlt/say-asgt????????
  ??????lt/pgt lt/speakgt