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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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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exercise feminist curiosity It is time to raise the awareness that the peculiar situation and conditions of women cannot be taken for granted anymore. Women’s experiences need to be given public attention. Using the women as weeders scenario as an example‚ a feminist curious person would begin to ask why is it that it is only women who weed. Though not very explicitly‚ the little child who asked the Dad about why is it that it is only women who do the weeding is an example of feminist curiosity
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Why do these hurtful stereotypes have to dictate the way we live our lives? Shouldn’t we all just act more like feminists and not advocate for gender roles? Unfortunately‚ many people would say no. They wouldn’t become a feminist because feminism itself has many stereotypes associated with it that would deter people from supporting it. In her book‚ Adichie said‚ “...That word feminist is so heavy with baggage‚ negative baggage: you hate men‚ you hate bras‚ you hate African culture‚ you think women
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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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Erin Burrill Mr.Brown Internship 20 February 2013 The Evaluation System Being an intern at New Market Elementary School is teaching me a lot about curriculum and evaluation. I sat down with Mrs.Reynolds the other day and discussed their process of evaluating and observing in their school. I learned who‚ when‚ and what their evaluations are. At New Market Elementary they have a formal evaluation process. Teachers are evaluated four times a year until they are tenured. Once they are tenured
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Discuss the presentation of Cathy in the novel. To what extent does she conform to the nineteenth century ideal of femininity. Cathy is presented in the novel as a very wild character from a very young age. She has a wild‚ passionate character and this is evident from the start. She is said to have been ‘hardly six years old but she could ride any horse in the stable and chose a whip.’ This is very challenging of Victorian ideals of femininity at that time. In Victorian society young girls where
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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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Symbolism and Steinbeck: An In-depth Analysis of Flight The use of symbolism in John Steinbeck’s classic short story‚ Flight‚ effectively foreshadows the outcome of the story and helps presage Pepe’s tragic demise. Through the symbolic messages of color‚ direction‚ and nature‚ Steinbeck provides the reader with evidence as to what is to happen later in the story. When writing Flight‚ he included many hidden messages‚ which can only be noticed if analyzing deeply‚ as he wrote them with extreme
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