Automatic grapheme-to-phoneme conversion for Italian

• Autorzy: Refice M. , Savino M.
• Konferencja: Human Language Technologies as a challenge for Computer Science and Linguistics (2; 21-23.04.2005; Poznań, Poland)
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This paper describes two grapheme-to-phoneme conversion systems we implemented for different application domains, namely 1) automatic phonetization and syllabification of Standard Italian pronunciation dictionaries, and 2) speech corpora and text-to-speech systems productions for regional varieties of Italian. The latter system can be considered a sort of revised version of the former, having the determination of the very basic Standard Italian conversion rules as the common core, whereas the main difference lays in its system architecture. Its modularity allows the possible addition of several regional variation pronunciation models. The present version of this system includes Bari and Naples grapheme-to-phoneme conversion modules.

Słowa kluczowe

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automatic grapheme-to-phoneme conversion; speech systems; speech corpora; Italian spoken varieties

• Wydawca: Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee of Automatic Control and Robotics
• Czasopismo: Archives of Control Sciences
• Rocznik: 2005
• Tom: Vol. 15, no. 3
• Strony: 415--428
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 16 poz., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Refice M.

• Dipartimento di Elettrotecnica ed Elettronica, Politecnico di Bari, Italy

autor

Savino M.

• Dipartimento di Psicologia, Universita di Bari, Italy

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