ISCA Archive Eurospeech 1991
ISCA Archive Eurospeech 1991

A communication system for the disabled with emotional synthetic speech produced by rule

Iain R. Murray, John L. Arnott, Norman Alm, Alan F. Newell

A system for producing synthetic speech which incorporates vocal emotion effects has been developed. This has been incorporated into a communication prosthesis for nonvocal people to give them more freedom of expression via a synthetic voice. A range of common emotions can be simulated by the system.