Re: words for WP3


Sarah Hawkins (sh110@cam.ac.uk)
Tue, 7 Dec 1999 21:07:52 +0000 (GMT)


If this is what's wanted, I think it needs the comma between
characteristics and sophisticated deleted! Even then it might be a bit
hard to understand. How about:
> We take MBROLA as our primary choice of concatenative synthesiser - it
> is widely and freely available. MBROLA does not permit control
> over spectral characteristics by sophisticated unit selection, but it
> is robust enough to allow the development of more delicate control over
> temporal and intonational parameters for concatenative synthesis.
>

?

Sarah

On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, John Local wrote:

> Jill - try this. Any good?
>
> ********
> We take MBROLA as our primary choice of concatenative synthesiser - it
> is widely and freely available. Although MBROLA does not permit control
> over spectral characteristics, through sophisticated unit selection, it
> is robust enough to allow the development of more delicate control over
> temporal and intonational parameters for concatenative synthesis.
>
> *********
>
>
> best
> John
>
> John Local
> Professor of Phonetics and Linguistics
> Department of Language and Linguistic Science
> University of York
> Heslington
> York YO10 5DD
>
> Tel 01904 432658
> Fax 01904 432673
> E-mail lang4@york.ac.uk
> URL http://www.york.ac.uk/~lang4
>
>

Sarah

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