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From text to speech: The MITalk system

Target[f2] 4 50, Target[f3] 4 200 /
[ +pa1atal] [ +vowelé +round]

C.8.3 Stops

/[ +st0p]

Transition into stop is partially discontinuous (except f0):
Trantype[av..f1] < SMODIS, Trantype[f2..b3] < SETSMO,
Trantype[avc] « SMODIS / ['S‘S"P]—

Tef[£2..b3] « 10, Tcf[fl] « 15/ [*hggh]—
Tcf[f2..b3] < Tcobst[—], Tcf[f1] « average(Tcobst[—], 20) /
Ede

Table C-6: Duration of forward smoothing for obstruents (Tcobst)

BB 60 CH 100 DD 80 DH 80
EL 80 EM 60 EN 80 FF 60
GG 100 GP 100 HH 80 HX 80
KK 100 KP 100 MM 60 NG 100
NN 80 PP 80 00 80 SH 100
siL. 80 SS 80 TH 80 TQ 80
TT 80 \'a¥ 60 ZH 100 22 80

C.8.3.1 Insert burst at expense of closure duration

/[ +plosive, -gltstop] [ -stopé-s IL]

Set Burdur from Table C-7.
Burdur T 10/ [ +TT] [ +r§tr0]

Burdur < Segdur[af] IF Burdur > Segdur[af]
Burdur < 5 IF Burdur =0

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