Nouns in Text to Speech systems E.Veera Raghavendra‚ Lavanya Prahallad IIIT Hyderabad‚ India raghavendra@iiit.net‚ lavanyap@cmu.edu At present most speech synthesis systems use raw text as their input which is understandable from a human point of view but problematic for the machines since the process of converting text to speech is very complex; in this paper we discuss the need for having a specific SSML tag for each “mention” (1st occurrence‚ 2nd occurrence) of a proper noun in the text or paragraph
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essential. Text A is an essay written by an African girl embedded in an African culture published in 2014‚ while text B is an article published by the Encyclopedia Britannica during the 21st century. Both texts deals share the theme of Hausa culture‚ however‚ text A does it in a more reflective and personal way by explaining her own understanding of identity‚ while text C is more straightforward and informative about the different aspects of this culture. As mentioned before‚ text A is an essay
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Introduction: The Puzzling Puzzles of Harry Harlow and Edward Deci Drive offers a new way to think about motivation. Most of what businesses‚ governments‚ and nonprofit organizations assume about human behavior‚ particularly about what motivates us‚ is wrong. Short-term incentives and pay-for-performance schemes come from outdated assumptions that favor external motivations (i.e.‚ rewards and punishments for behaving a particular way) overintrinsic motivations (i.e.‚ the joy that comes from completing
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such a groovy place to talk and maybe watch a show; down at the drive in.” The first drive-in movie theater opened on June 6‚ 1933 in Camden New Jersey. Drive-in theaters were the best example of “car culture” after World War II. In 1948‚ there were only 16 locations in the Kentucky and by 1958; there were 117 along the states major highways. They operated in Northern Kentucky from the mid-20th century until 1992. The downfall of drive-in theaters in the Northern Kentucky areas occurred due to two
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Deciphering Mulholland Drive Mulholland Drive is a twisted and exhilarating movie directed by David Lynch. The movies tells the story of a Canadian women‚ Diane Selwyn‚ who moves to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. For the most of the movie‚ we are thrown into a dream Diane has. In this dream many of the characters and people in her actual life are integrated into her dream with new identities. The last part of the movie we are brought back to Dianes actual reality. Only once I was brought
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Sonic Drive-In Case Background In 1953‚ Tyro Smith founded the prototype of the first Sonic drive-In in Shawnee‚ Oklahoma. Before 1953‚ he had already tried opening two other restaurants. Smith eventually bought a steak house that had a root beer stand on the lot. He intended to tear the stand down to add more parking for the steak house‚ but the root beer stand‚ called Top Hat Drive-In‚ proved to be more profitable and even outlasted the steak house. While traveling in Louisiana‚ Smith saw homemade
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Pedigree’s adoption drive advertisement is an emotional appeal aimed towards consumers that own pets. Through an argument based on emotion and values‚ the advertisement successfully proposes a plan of action towards the consumer audience to help dogs find a home. In essence‚ the advertisement logically reasons‚ “If you buy our food‚ we will donate money to dogs without a home. If we donate money to dogs without a home‚ you will save dogs.” Through clever techniques such as direct contact in camera
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Imagine a time when being cool meant long hair‚ a slick car‚ and tickets to the weekend double feature at the drive-in. The 1960s made this dream the goal of teenage boys; near the end of the 2010s‚ if a person has similar things‚ they can still be considered cool‚ hip‚ and with the times‚ excluding the drive-in. Drive-ins are nearly extinct‚ so maybe just a normal movie. With its share of similarities‚ the 1960s did have profound differences in many categories. Some of these categories include
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Film analysis - Drive The movie Drive stars Ryan Gossling as the dark and mysterious “Driver”. He works as a wheelman for hire in Los Angeles. At daytime he stunt drives for film productions‚ and at night he’s steering getaway vehicles for armed heists. When he meets his neighbour Irene (Carey Mulligan)‚ a vulnerable mother‚ he falls in love. When her boyfriend Standard (Oscar Isaac) returns from prison‚ Irene and her son gets dragged into a dangerous underworld. Driver acts as the superhero in
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International Business BMW Drives Germany By Peter Gumbel Assignment by Matthew Jackson Table of Contents: Page 1. Assignment Cover Sheet 3 2. Question Summary 4 3. Question 1 5 - 8 4. Question 2 9 - 10 5. Question 3 3.1 11 - 13 3.2 14 - 16 6. Question 4 17 - 19 7. Bibliography 20 – 23 8. Appendix A 24 9. Appendix B 25 Surname: Jackson First Names: Matthew William Student Number: 102531
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