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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Singh, Parminder
• Lehal, Gurpreet Singh

Titel

A Rule Based Schwa Deletion Algorithm for Punjabi TTS System

Ist Teil von

• Information Systems for Indian Languages, p.98-103

Ort / Verlag

Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Phonetically, schwa is a very short neutral vowel sound, and like all vowels, its precise quality varies depending on the adjacent consonants. During utterance of words not every schwa following a consonant is pronounced. In order to determine the proper pronunciation of words, it is necessary to identify which schwas are to be deleted and which are to be retained. Schwa deletion is an important step for the development of a high quality Text-To-Speech synthesis system. This paper specifically describes the schwa deletion rules for Punjabi written in Gurmukhi script. Performance analysis of the implemented rule based schwa deletion algorithm, evaluates its accuracy to be 98.27%.