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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Michael Smith English 11 G-2 Emerson vs. Thoreau Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were extremely wonderful writers and renowned poets. Both had so much influence on early and even present literature. It is amazing what you can learn about each individual. First‚ I would like to start by introducing Emerson. Born May 25‚ 1803 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. Just two weeks before his eighth birthday‚ Emerson’s father died of stomach cancer. He went on to live with his aunt
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Social African slavery in the American colonies first began in the 1670’s and 1680’s‚ particularly in the Chesapeake region. However‚ it wasn’t until the 1700’s that slavery became a full blown business. Events causing the need for slaves were: the lack of English settlers willing to become indentured servants‚ the ability of prospective immigrants to migrate somewhere else in the United States‚ and the lack of open land which turned away potential settlers. The need of the Chesapeake tobacco farmers
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Henry V is displayed as an honest and noble character. Shakespeare explores this nature of integrity clearly by displaying the audience with Henry’s innermost thoughts in addition to presenting him with situations‚ which test his virtue. Shakespeare continually contrasts the Dauphin with Henry and therefore effectively brings to the audience’s attention the admirable characteristics of Henry. Throughout the play Henry puts the needs of his kingdom above his own which proves his patriotism and shows
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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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Sir Henry Parkes Push for Federation From October 24 1889‚ Sir Henry Parkes has been considered the ‘Father of Federation’ and the first influential Australian to publicly press for the establishment of a new federal government. In his 1889 Federation speech‚ “the Tenterfield Oration”‚ Parkes addressed matters of national defence and a national railway transport system with a uniform rail gauge. He also proposed a national convention to progress the push for Federation. Parkes later added the issues
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Henry Hudson was an English explorer‚ who sailed along the North East coast of North American. His early life is unknown‚ for there is not even a record of the year he was born. His final days are a mystery‚ after his mutinous crew set him adrift in the bay that bears his name‚ June 1611. It is believed that he could have been the grandson of a London alderman who helped found the Muscovy Company‚ which is a trading company. Hudson took four voyages beginning in 1607 and continued to1611‚ making
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common debatable topic is text-messaging. Or more specifically the use of text-speak‚ otherwise referred to as “textese.” David Crystal and John Humphrys have both written articles on text-speak. Both of the articles mention the texting; history‚ effects‚ usage and etc. According to the author David Crystal in the online article “2B OR NOT 2B”?‚ text messages developed in the “early 90s”. He also brings up the idea of “textese”‚ which is basically the language of text messages. In the article he
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During the late nineteenth century Arctic exploration was a global obsession. Various nations devised intricate strategies to conquer one of the most treacherous landmarks. Among all the journeys at that time‚ none were as fascinating or as doomed as Sweden’s S.A. Andree’s mission to cross the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon. On July 11‚ 1897‚ a large ceremony was held as Andree and two other crew members‚ Knut Fraenkel and Nils Strindberg‚ took off with the legendary balloon called The Eagle
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