Nouns in Text to Speech systems E.Veera Raghavendra‚ Lavanya Prahallad IIIT Hyderabad‚ India raghavendra@iiit.net‚ lavanyap@cmu.edu At present most speech synthesis systems use raw text as their input which is understandable from a human point of view but problematic for the machines since the process of converting text to speech is very complex; in this paper we discuss the need for having a specific SSML tag for each “mention” (1st occurrence‚ 2nd occurrence) of a proper noun in the text or paragraph
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The first being the rise of the Nazi party‚ the death of approximately six million Jews‚ and the breakout of the Second World War. In addition‚ Goebbels was given complete control over several forms of media such as press and radio; he used the power that he had in order to regiment the German culture‚ which was a significant aspect to Hitler’s regime. Without their use of propaganda‚ the German nation would not have been rectified in the eyes of Hitler and the Nazis; Goebbels had a significant role
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In this essay‚ I will be exploring the view that texting and/or web based interactions creative can be very creative forms of language use. In modern day society technology has become more of a resource to life than an object. Phones are one of these life necessities that has progressively changed our way of life. The introduction of texting in particular‚ it has drastically altered our speech and idiolect. For example within the texting community a vast amount of acronyms‚ abbreviations‚ and alphabetisms
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Jahvarie E. Perry Professor Carey Wilkerson English 1101 24 March 2014 Use of Language in Propaganda Language can be manipulated in various ways it can be used for good or bad. The same statement can be spoken clearly or be announced in an extremely vague way. It is extremely intriguing how the same object can be sold to you through the manipulation of language. The mastering of this skill is executed through the propagandizing of various items. Advertisements have become so nifty in the manipulation
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Well I’m sure it’s without a doubt that you all commonly believe it constitutes either a kind or category of text‚ but in actual fact does it really? Good morning Year 11. The prime focus of your studies during the HSC course next year‚ I’m going to discuss how the genre of crime fiction has extended through time‚ whereby a variety of notions and characteristics exhibited throughout a text may either reinforce‚ challenge or extend on genre parameters. So what is genre then? Although genre is quite
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life for guidance. It shows us what the first Christians believed. e) “Sacred texts were created by humans” The term Sacred is used to describe something that is special and connected to God and dedicated to a purpose‚ in Christianity the Bible is considered sacred text as it contains the word of God and gives Christians guidance. Some more liberal Christians may agree with this statements and state that sacred texts are ideas and symbolism of what God is like and that it is not exactly what God
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Throughout World War II‚ the Nazi government‚ run by Adolf Hitler‚ ruled Germany with their extremist views. Because Germany was in the middle of a Great Depression‚ they had no one else to believe in but Hitler. He took advantage of Germany’s hopeless population by putting blame on the Jews for all of Germany’s problems. The Nazi Party and the Gestapo controlled Germany’s population‚ and sent Jews and other races that were deemed undesirable to the concentration camps. Hitler’s views inspired many
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sole artists recognized completely with the Nazi era. Her directed film‚ Triumph of the Will is a leading film‚ which was conducted during the Nazi era and is considered to be the greatest propaganda film to date. Riefenstahl nevertheless‚ did and continues to proclaim the film to be a documentary based on ‘pure history’. In response to Riefenstahl‚ Susan Sontag’s article‚ Fascinating Fascism‚ indicates the film to be nothing more than ‘pure propaganda and fascist’. Robin Wood author of the article
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Reading: Read the following text‚ and write a brief heading for each paragraph. Products and Brands 1………………………………………………………………… Marketing theorists tend to give the word product a very broad meaning‚ using it to refer to anything capable of satisfying a need or want. Thus services‚ activities‚ people (politicians‚ athletes‚ film stars)‚ places (holiday resorts)‚ organizations (hospitals‚ colleges‚ political parties)‚ and ideas‚ as well as physical objects offered for sale by retailers
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Challenge the Text "And she said maybe they got no rite to make me smart because if god wanted me to be smart he would have made me born that way." p. 16 If I could rewrite this part of the story I would add why he stands so strongly about his decision. Having a little background about the situation will give the reader a better and clearer understanding of why things are happening. Ask Questions "The more intelligent you become the more problems you’ll have‚ Charlie.’" p. 47 How far would
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