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Synthesis of French Fricatives by Audio-Video to Articulatory Inversion

by

Khaled Mawass, Pierre Badin & Gérard Bailly

published in Acta Acustica, Vol. 86 (Jan/Feb. 2000), pp.136-146.






1. VCV items (natural, voiced synthesis, voiceless synthesis)
 

ava_nat ava_syn afa_syn
avi_nat avi_syn afi_syn
avu_nat avu_syn afu_syn
iva_nat iva_syn ifa_syn
ivi_nat ivi_syn ifi_syn
ivu_nat ivu_syn ifu_syn
uva_nat uva_syn ufa_syn
uvi_nat uvi_syn ufi_syn
uvu_nat uvu_syn ufu_syn
aza_nat aza_syn asa_syn
azi_nat azi_syn asi_syn
azu_nat azu_syn asu_syn
iza_nat iza_syn isa_syn
izi_nat izi_syn isi_syn
izu_nat izu_syn isu_syn
uza_nat uza_syn usa_syn
uzi_nat uzi_syn usi_syn
uzu_nat uzu_syn usu_syn
aZa_nat aZa_syn aSa_syn
aZi_nat aZi_syn aSi_syn
aZu_nat aZu_syn aSu_syn
iZa_nat iZa_syn iSa_syn
iZi_nat iZi_syn iSi_syn
iZu_nat iZu_syn iSu_syn
uZa_nat uZa_syn uSa_syn
uZi_nat uZi_syn uSi_syn
uZu_nat uZu_syn uSu_syn

2. VCV items (variation of frication noise gain between -24 and +24 dB)
 

ava -24 ava -18 ava -12 ava -6 ava +0 ava +6 ava +12 ava +18 ava +24
aza -24 aza -18 aza -12 aza -6 aza +0 aza +6 aza +12 aza +18 aza +24
aZa -24 aZa -18 aZa -12 aZa -6 aZa +0 aZa +6 aZa +12 aZa +18 aZa +24

3. Synthesis of a French sentence

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