[DECtalk] an article about speech synthesis methods

[Blake Roberts]

Nikita,

Thank you for your explanation about statistical vs. neural parametric 
synthesis. Since the article author listed parametric and neural 
synthesis under different headings, I did not realize that neural 
synthesis is a type of parametric synthesis.

Blake



On 9/12/2021 12:33 PM, Nikita wrote:
> Hi Blake,
> There are two main types of parametric speech synthesis: statistical and
> neural.
> RHVoice is a statistical parametric synthesizer. It is capable of running in
> real time on a CPU.
> Neural parametric synthesizers run on GPU and require large servers.
> Thus, a statistical parametric synthesizer can run on a personal computer
> and integrate with screen readers, while a neural parametric synthesizer
> requires constant data transfer between a personal computer and a server,
> which is not very suitable for screen readers, although theoretically it can
> also be used.
> For example, on Android, the synthesizer of TalkBack can work over the
> Internet when switched on for the first time, if you activate a language for
> which the voice package is not preinstalled.
> Best regards, Nikita.
>
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> Subject: [DECtalk] an article about speech synthesis methods
>
> Hi all,
>
> While browsing the most recent Top Tech Tidbits newsletter, I came
> across this blog post which explains different methods for creating
> speech synthesis.
>
> https://tink.uk/notes-on-synthetic-speech/
>
>
> The author claims, at the time this message is written, that parametric
> synthesis is not available for screen readers. I wrote to her already
> about the parametric synthesis solution RHVoice. Some of you might find
> the article explaining various TTS methods of interest. I definitely did!
>
>
> Blake
>
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