A rule-based Arabic text-to-speech system based on hybrid synthesis technique
The field of speech synthesis or Text-To-Speech has rapidly expanded during last few years due to the wide range of applications that require human-machine interaction. Arabic language, the fourth most spoken language on the globe, has received the attention of the researchers in development of a...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Thomson Reuters
2011
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/2820/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/2820/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/2820/1/Jamal-1.pdf |
| id |
iium-2820 |
|---|---|
| recordtype |
eprints |
| spelling |
iium-28202011-09-13T03:50:33Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/2820/ A rule-based Arabic text-to-speech system based on hybrid synthesis technique Khalifa, Othman Omran Obaid, M. Z. Naji, Ahmed Wathik Daoud, Jamal Ibrahim TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering The field of speech synthesis or Text-To-Speech has rapidly expanded during last few years due to the wide range of applications that require human-machine interaction. Arabic language, the fourth most spoken language on the globe, has received the attention of the researchers in development of an intelligible and close to natural Text-To-Speech system. Most of the available Arabic Text-To-Speech systems have drawbacks such as discontinuity, limited vocabulary and poor naturalness. A rule-based Arabic Text-To-Speech system using hybrid synthesis is presented in this paper. Sinusoidal model and concatenation using phonemes as the unit of speech were used to implement the hybrid synthesis system. A set of rules was constructed to achieve letter-to-sound mapping and an exception lexicon to cover the words that does not follow a certain pronunciation rule. Using rule-based synthesis makes the system vocabulary independent. A special phonemes inventory was constructed to be used for the Arabic Text-To-Speech. Applying the accurate stress pattern for Arabic words was successfully achieved which contributed to the overall quality of the resultant speech. The evaluation results exhibit high level of intelligibility with acceptable naturalness with an overall rate of categorical estimation test 3.458 out of 5. Thomson Reuters 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/2820/1/Jamal-1.pdf Khalifa, Othman Omran and Obaid, M. Z. and Naji, Ahmed Wathik and Daoud, Jamal Ibrahim (2011) A rule-based Arabic text-to-speech system based on hybrid synthesis technique. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 5 (6). pp. 342-354. ISSN 1991-8178 http://www.insipub.com/ajbas.html |
| repository_type |
Digital Repository |
| institution_category |
Local University |
| institution |
International Islamic University Malaysia |
| building |
IIUM Repository |
| collection |
Online Access |
| language |
English |
| topic |
TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
| spellingShingle |
TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Khalifa, Othman Omran Obaid, M. Z. Naji, Ahmed Wathik Daoud, Jamal Ibrahim A rule-based Arabic text-to-speech system based on hybrid synthesis technique |
| description |
The field of speech synthesis or Text-To-Speech has rapidly expanded during last few years
due to the wide range of applications that require human-machine interaction. Arabic language, the
fourth most spoken language on the globe, has received the attention of the researchers in
development of an intelligible and close to natural Text-To-Speech system. Most of the available
Arabic Text-To-Speech systems have drawbacks such as discontinuity, limited vocabulary and poor
naturalness. A rule-based Arabic Text-To-Speech system using hybrid synthesis is presented in this
paper. Sinusoidal model and concatenation using phonemes as the unit of speech were used to
implement the hybrid synthesis system. A set of rules was constructed to achieve letter-to-sound
mapping and an exception lexicon to cover the words that does not follow a certain pronunciation
rule. Using rule-based synthesis makes the system vocabulary independent. A special phonemes
inventory was constructed to be used for the Arabic Text-To-Speech. Applying the accurate stress
pattern for Arabic words was successfully achieved which contributed to the overall quality of the
resultant speech. The evaluation results exhibit high level of intelligibility with acceptable naturalness
with an overall rate of categorical estimation test 3.458 out of 5. |
| format |
Article |
| author |
Khalifa, Othman Omran Obaid, M. Z. Naji, Ahmed Wathik Daoud, Jamal Ibrahim |
| author_facet |
Khalifa, Othman Omran Obaid, M. Z. Naji, Ahmed Wathik Daoud, Jamal Ibrahim |
| author_sort |
Khalifa, Othman Omran |
| title |
A rule-based Arabic text-to-speech system based on hybrid synthesis technique |
| title_short |
A rule-based Arabic text-to-speech system based on hybrid synthesis technique |
| title_full |
A rule-based Arabic text-to-speech system based on hybrid synthesis technique |
| title_fullStr |
A rule-based Arabic text-to-speech system based on hybrid synthesis technique |
| title_full_unstemmed |
A rule-based Arabic text-to-speech system based on hybrid synthesis technique |
| title_sort |
rule-based arabic text-to-speech system based on hybrid synthesis technique |
| publisher |
Thomson Reuters |
| publishDate |
2011 |
| url |
http://irep.iium.edu.my/2820/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/2820/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/2820/1/Jamal-1.pdf |
| first_indexed |
2023-09-18T20:10:28Z |
| last_indexed |
2023-09-18T20:10:28Z |
| _version_ |
1777407443380207616 |