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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“I HOPE YOU’RE HAVING YOURSELF AN ESPECIALLY WONDERFUL TIME” Victor Ralston welcomed the man with the angry eyes to MargsonMart. The man stared at the flaming rattlesnake tattoo on Victor’s left forearm and then told Victor “ Now I hope you’re having yourself an especially wonderful time”‚ it gave Victor the shivers. Maybe it was the way this man’s expression changed when he saw Victor’s tattoo‚ and maybe it was the sound of this man’s voice. But it was definitely those words. “Now I hope you’re
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Patty’s Charcoal Drive-In "Sixteen and college-bound"‚ the teen-aged girl in the poem Patty’s Charcoal Drive-In learns the challenges of having a first job: hard work for little pay. Her role is to serve‚ to accommodate customer’s needs by "presenting each tray as if it were a banquet." Then after working hard hopes to merely earn tips from loose change "flung carelessly as the stars." I can understand the challenges of hard work for little pay. I work for Starbucks Coffee Company as a shift
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Can money buy all the happiness? Happiness is such a fact that fluctuates from one person to another. To some people money can simply be the most uncomplicated things in the world like bathing under the rain or a long drive. But to some people happiness is defined as their obsessions that only money can buy. These fascinations are things like branded cars‚ expensive jewelleries or luxurious visit to exotic places. But on the comparison both poverty and wealth can achieve ecstasy. When going around
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I honestly believe that money cannot buy happiness and love. Happiness is the side-affect of feeling physically or spiritually fulfilled‚ it is how we feel when we are not destroying our lives. Happiness is how we feel when we can see that we are progressing in the direction that we want to‚ it is when we can see all that we dream of obtaining getting closer to us. Money cannot directly buy happiness as it is something that is as individual as the person seeking it and not material in nature‚
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to more productive‚ creative‚ and ultimately fulfilling lives. Part One: A New Operating System In Chapter 1 of Drive‚ author Daniel Pink questions the traditional view of human motivation that rewards pushing people to perform better and work harder. Pink explains that societies people have operating systems--the first operating system‚ Motivation 1.0‚ is the biological drive to survive‚ and the second system‚ Motivation 2.0 (M2)‚ is driven by extrinsic motivators. Pink then describes organizations’
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Wayne Hood William Barr 21 January 2013 ENGL 152-14 Crazy Thing 2 Crazy Thing 2 When I almost ran my grandfather over at his house it affected my life by making me more aware of my vehicle. The incident changed me because once I realized what was happening I realized wasn’t in control of my vehicle anymore and couldn’t stop what happened or could have happened. I know that once a person loses control bad things can happen. What could have happened terrified me; the first thing that went
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Drive Clean Drive electric Your grandchildren will likely find it incredible - or even sinful - that you burned up a gallon of gasoline to fetch a pack of cigarettes! Dr. Paul Mac Cready ‚ Jr. The future of transportation is here‚ and it’s knocking at your door! Our day-to-day means of transportation is changing and the more municipalities‚ business leaders‚ utilities and end-users know about Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs)‚ the more prepared they will be to embrace the “vehicles of tomorrow”
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In the film Drive directed by Nicolas Winding Refn a sudden act of violence by protagonist‚ Driver‚ is an interesting surprise. The build-up‚ kiss‚ bashing and exit involved in the scene of the incident help us to understand the character of Driver. The visual and oral features of camera shots‚ dialogue and lighting are used to create a surrealist incident. The Driver’s romantic love affair with Irene and his care for her young child sets the film as a romance and a drama‚ as the love he experiences
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