ISCA Archive Interspeech 2014
ISCA Archive Interspeech 2014

Speech synthesis reactive to dynamic noise environmental conditions

Susana Palmaz López-Peláez, Robert A. J. Clark

This paper addresses the issue of generating synthetic speech in changing noise conditions. We will investigate the potential improvements that can be introduced by using a speech synthesiser that is able to modulate between a normal speech style and a speech style produced in a noisy environment according to a changing level of noise. We demonstrate that an adaptive system where the speech style is changed to suit the noise conditions maintains intelligibility and improves naturalness compared to traditional systems.