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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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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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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In the novel Slaughterhouse-Five‚ Billy Pilgrim discovers that the Tralfamadorian idea of time is that every moment is sealed by destiny and structured in a way that is unchangeable. Even though the Tralfamadorians and Billy can see their future‚ they know it is impossible to change it. Also‚ since their philosophy of time is fixed by fate and cannot be altered‚ it negates the concept of free will derived from Earth. In the beginning of the fourth chapter‚ Billy comes in contact with the Tralfamadore
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Two of which are the moonscape and the bird in the end of chapter 10. The moonscape is always mentioned to cover all of Dresden after the fire bombings. As Billy Pilgrim emerges from the meat locker beneath a slaughterhouse into the moonscape of incinerated Dresden. In all horror and death around him‚ the moonscape exists as a massive image above him in beauty and escape. It exists as hope‚ possibly as a symbol
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Objective opinion text: Why choose Iphone? A lot of People argue that they own the best smartphone‚ whether it’s a BlackBerry‚ HTC‚ or the latest from Anroid. But‚ the Iphone has always been at the top so far. It’s been about four years that AppleInc has revealed the original Iphone and ever since they have sold over 108 million devices. But‚ why is the Iphone so popular? First of all‚ this SmartPhone has a large market‚ a huge fan following and it’s own store called the «AppStore»‚ that
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he is most famous for his classic novel‚ Moby Dick‚ his shorter and lesser known novella‚ Billy Budd manages to muster an intense and thought provoking plot. Melville uses the story of an innocent sailor named Billy Budd to formulate an intricate social allegory. Showing firm position‚ Melville sets up a parallel between the story’s conflict and the moral dilemma for the everyday reader. The story of Billy Budd becomes a fitting example of an allegory‚ as is becomes a mode of illustration that conveys
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The Secret to Happiness by Billy Graham Intended for submission to The Southeast Review The Secret of Happiness is Billy Graham’s classic work detailing the secret‚ yet not so secret‚ to true happiness. Graham focuses on humanities search for what is considered happiness and the many erroneous falsehoods that convey themselves as true happiness. Graham explains in great detail why the many untruths presented only mask what’s necessary to create an atmosphere of untainted and unequivocal contentment
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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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Text linguistics Module I. Classificationally meaningful characteristics of the text as an integral and independent object of investigation. Lecture 6. Conceptual variability of linguistic interpretations of the text essence and status and their reflections in the models of the text descriptions. Problem for discussion Evolution of the text description approaches. Models of the text descriptions. Grounds for the chosen models and schemes of the text descriptions
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