ABSTRACT In this paper we address the issue of pronunciation model- ing for conversational speech synthesis. We experiment with two different HMM topologies (fully connected state model and forward connected state model) for sub-phonetic model- ing to capture the deletion and insertion of sub-phonetic states during speech production process. We show that the experi- mented HMM topologies have higher log likelihood than the traditional 5-state sequential model. We also study the first and
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Paul Wise The Conflict Theory This paper will talk about what The Conflict Theory is‚ and who it was derived from. It will also give‚ and explain an example of what The Conflict Theory pertains to in modern society. The Conflict Theory focuses on the negative aspects of society as opposed to most other theories which tend to focus more on the positive aspects of society. It pays more attention to things like race‚ gender and social class because they are seen as grounds for the worst struggles in
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Despite of the gross cold I decided to go to school .the problem was i didnt knew that day was a holiday‚no it was not sunday but whatever day it was it was terrible.there is nothing like i am affectionate towards school but we students have to keep our work updated.the most weird thing was my mom didnt remembered it too. so after that i walked downstairs to my parking lot took my vehicle and drove .the first breeze made me astonished then the breezes didnt affect my will to go to school . at last
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"Technology ultimately separates and alienates people more than it serves to bring them together." It is always a controversial issue whether technology separates and alienates people more than it serves to bring them together. From my point of view‚ technology has done more to bring people together than to separate or alienate them. Therefore‚ I disagree with the statement. Here are some reasons why. First of all‚ technology has brought about a revolution in the way we communicate with each other
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My Best Teacher Ever Most of my teachers were people that took the time out to guide me through the right direction. I can only say I can give the best teacher award to someone who motivated me and took the time to care for me. Her name is Mrs. Gloria Matthews‚ who’s a math teacher that taught at Klein Forest High School; when I was in the 10th grade. Math is a hard subject to me‚ but the patience she had gave a better understanding on the word Math. I consider Mrs. Matthews to be the best teacher
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English Speech The best advice I have received in my life thus far? I have been living for 17 years and I can tell you that I have been given advice so many times‚ but I can honestly tell you that the best advice I have received is that giving up is not an option. My father offered me a book sometime last year and asked me to read it. This was a motivational book called the principals of success. This book was full of vast ideas and not only inspired me about not to give up but also introduced
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Out of Time By Kieren Hovasapian Out of Time is a poem written by Kenneth Slessor and is one of his personally favorite poems to date he has written. Time is personified in this poem‚ but also associated with the natural phenomenon of water‚ or vessels such as yachts seen on Slessor’s favorite location‚ Sydney Harbor (which is itself personified). Personification gives immediacy to an abstraction such as time‚ and elicits evaluative responses which are more arresting than an address to an abstraction
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Best Buy is known as one of the largest consumer electronics retailer in the world. Their stores are found in the United States‚ Canada‚ Mexico‚ Europe and China. In 1966‚ Richard Schulze and his business partner Gary Smoliak opened an audio store‚ the Sound of Music‚ in Saint Paul Minnesota. In the 1980’s‚ Best Buy debuted on the New York Stock Exchange with an offering of 8.3 million shares. In the early 1990’s it hit the $1 billion mark in annual revenues. In the 20000’s‚ Best Buy acquired Canada
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Meaning of Best Fit and Best Practice The terms ‘best fit’ and ‘best practice’ are used in strategic human resource management literature. The best fit approach refers to the firm using human resources management (HRM) to their particular strategies and adapting to the firm’s condition and the environment referring to workforce character and business strategy. With the use of the Best Fit Approach the SHRM can become more flexible to the response change of the organizational life cycle: start-up
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Ethical Conflicts Because human services work often involves direct client interaction‚ there are times when the values of the worker differ from those of their clients. In these circumstances‚ ethical dilemmas tend to arise. Review the case examples and current ethical conflicts presented in Chapter 5 of your textbook. Choose (1) case study :Social and Moral Issues in the Case of a 96-Year-Old Woman- page 141 96 years old woman live alone‚ Her house is full of trash .House is a health
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