Speech synthesis using neural network

Noor Abbood Jasim, Sarah Abbood, Mohammed Salah

Abstract


In this paper, we develop a speech learning machine by using Neural-Network. The work is based on a previous work of Neural Network, named Net Talk and compare Net Talk model with Hidden Markov Model (HMM). The work presents simulated result for the simulated neural network to mimic the pronunciation of English vocabulary especially the vowel sounds and the silent pronounced letters.


Keywords


Speech learning, Neural-Network, Net Talk, Hidden Markov Model (HMM)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.23954/osj.v3i1.1257

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