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List of figures
Example of FORMAT processing
State transition diagram for the morph sequence FSM
Decomposition of “scarcity”
Noun group ATN listing
Verb group ATN listing
ATN diagram for verb groups
ATN diagram for noun groups
Example of PARSER operation
Input to and output from SOUND1
Suffix detection in the word finishing
Application of letter-to-sound rules to caribou
Application of letter-to-sound rules to subversion
Example of letter-to-sound and stress rule operation
Synthesis blocks of the MITalk system
An example of the differences between words spoken in isolation and
words spoken as a continuous utterance
Example of PHONO1 and PHONO2 processing
Example of the processing performed by PROSOD
Example of FO contours
Spectrum analysis of a speech waveform
First and second formant motions in English vowels
Linear prediction of plosive bursts before vowels
11-4 Frequency of the lowest three formants measured at voicing onset for
syllables involving BB, DD, and GG
11-5 Synthesis strategy for a CV syllable
11-6 Templates for smoothing adjacent phonetic segment targets
11-7 Constants used to specify the inherent formant and durational
characteristics of a sonorant
12-1 Interface between synthesizer software and hardware
12-2 Components of the output spectrum of a speech sound
12-3 Parallel and cascade simulation of the vocal tract transfer function
12-4 Cascade/parallel configurations supported by MITalk
12-5 Block diagram and frequency response of a digital resonator
12-6 Block diagram of the cascade/parallel formant synthesizer
12-7 Four periods from voicing waveforms
12-8 Waveform segment and magnitude spectrum of frication noise
12-9 Magnitude of the vocal tract transfer function
12-10 Nasalization of the vowel IH in the syllable “dim”
12-11 Effect of parameter changes on the vocal tract transfer function
12-12 Preemphasized output spectra from cascade and parallel models
12-13 Spectra from two different parallel synthesis configurations
12-14 Transfer function of the radiation characteristic
13-1 Average percent errors across various manner classes
13-2 Distribution of errors and most frequent perceptual confusions
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