SPEECH SYNTHESIS
A SEMINAR REPORT
Submitted to the faculty of Engineering
North Maharashtra University,Jalgaon
In partial fulfillment of requirements
for the degree of
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
IN
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
SUBMITTED BY
NISHA N. BHABAD
UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF
Mr. P.S. JOSHI
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING
S.S.V.P.S.B.S.DEORE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,DHULE
2003-2004
CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that , the seminar entitled
“SPEECH SYNTHESIS ”
has been carried out in premises by Nisha .N .Bhabad under my
Guidance,in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Bachelor of Engineering in
Computer Engineering of North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon .
GUIDE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT PRINCIPAL
Mr .P. S.Joshi Mr.G.K.Patnaik Prof.Dr.S.V.Deodhar
S.S.V.P.S.B.S.DEORE
College of engineering
Dhule
(I)
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
I would like to thank god for giving me this opportunity and my
parents who have helped me in every aspect of life and guided me
for time to time.
I express my true sense of gratitude towards my seminar
guide Mr. P. S. JOSHI , who at every discrete step in this seminar,
contributed with his valuable guidance and provided with the perfect
solution for every problem that arose.
I also extend my sincere thanks to the Head Of the Departement
for Computer Mr.G.K.PATNAIK and all the staff members who
extended their kind support and encouragement during the preparatory
steps of the seminar.
I would also like to express my appreciation and thanks to all
my friends who knowingly or unknowingly assisted me with their
valuable suggestion andcomments , and I am very greatful for their
assistance.
NISHA.N.BHABAD.
(II)
INDEX
CHAPTER PAGE.NO
ABSTRACT 1
1. INTORDUCTION 2
1.1 Overview
1.2 What is Speech Synthesis ?
1.3 Where is speech synthesis useful ?
2. METHODS OF SPEECH SYNTHESIS 4
2.1 Speech to Text Synthesis
2.2 Speech to Visual Synthesis
3. CURRENT TECHNOLOGY 7
3.1 Embedded Synthesizer
3.2 Microphone
3.3 Markup
4. CURRENT & FUTURE APPLICATION 9
5. CONCLUSION 12
BIBLIOGRAPHY 13
6. Appendix A
POWER POINT SLIDES PRESENTATION