Pronunciation of 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
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Yerevan State Linguistic University after V. Brusov COURSE PAPER THEME: IMPERATIVES AS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH ACTS Faculty: LIC Year: 3rd Group: tourism 1st Student: Nare Yeremyan Supervisor: Gayane Barseghyan Yerevan 2011 INTRODUCTION At present it has become quite obvious that a good amount of comprehension must be ascribed not to the rules of language‚ but to our ability to infer what the speaker’s intentions are in saying what he says. Linguists try to explain this
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offensive speech‚ like hate speech and bullying - online or in person - be restricted and prohibited? “On October 17‚ 2006‚ Megan Meir‚ a thirteen-year-old girl in Dardenne Prairie‚ Missouri‚ who had been diagnosed with attention deficit disorder and depression‚ committed suicide because of postings on MySpace‚ an Internet social networking site‚ saying she was a bad person‚ whom everyone hated and the world would be better off without” (John O. Hayward). Throughout the years offensive speech‚ like
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incitement to commit crimes. These speech codes are for the safety of citizens and are often used to suppress hate speech in private institutions and in the workplace. Speech codes should be allowed on college campuses in order to create a safe environment for people of different sexes‚ races‚ sexual orientation‚ religions‚ and classes‚ and to provide an equal learning environment for all by limiting the freedom of speech. Speech codes limit freedom of speech to prevent serious harm to students
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Oprah Winfrey Commencement Speech at Stanford University 2008 Oprah’s audience was very receptive of her mainly because she is a respected icon known all over America. The audience was a group of diverse faculty‚ staff‚ graduates‚ family and friends. When Oprah started her speech welcoming the audience‚ she gave them an icebreaker saying she wanted to let them in on a secret to personalize her speech. She lets the audience know that her god daughter Kirby attends Stanford and she is very proud
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Free Speech: Finding the Balance The concept of free speech has been an enduring and drama-filled issue in the United States. While Americans enjoy a much higher level of freedom than residents of oppressive and dictatorial countries in the world‚ the Constitution remains in some areas ambiguous and open to interpretation and manipulation. It has been – and will continue to be – difficult to find the balance between allowing generous expressive freedom and protecting citizens from the harmful
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Freedom of Speech Controversy surrounds the first amendment as many‚ including the government‚ try to suppress it. The first amendment consists of is that‚ “...Congress shall make no law responding an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech…” (U.S. constitution‚ Cornell University‚ December 15‚ 1791). The part that is going to be covered will be the Freedom of speech. Freedom of speech gives the people of America a voice and the power
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Education” is the primary advocate group for the removal of speech codes on college campuses‚ working to draw attention to the growing censorship problems and striving to repeal unconstitutional restrictions. FIRE was formed in order to “empower campus activists‚ reform restrictive policies‚ and inform the public about the state of rights on our campuses” (FIRE. N.p.‚ n.d. Web). The organization rates colleges yearly on their policies regarding free speech and assigns either a green‚ yellow‚ or red light correlating
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According to Singular’s Pocket Dictionary of Speech-Language Pathology “stuttering is an articulatory or phonatory problem that typically presents in childhood and is characterized by anxiety about the efficacy of spoken communication‚ along with forced‚ involuntary hesitation‚ duplication‚ and protraction of sounds and syllables.” Stuttering can be witnessed in the rate‚ pitch‚ inflection‚ and even facial expressions of a speaker. The cause of this problem is not set in stone‚ which leads to countless
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Freedom of Speech and Expression and Journalism Problems faced in the industry‚ and the solutions and guidelines to the problem. A report done by Ooi K.L Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman *Note: This is an undergraduate individual assignment report. It might not be the best report‚ yet it is still referable for other undergraduates who are doing the same subject area. ** This assignment was done for the subject UAMG 3063 - Communication Law in the third year of Degree in Public Relations under the
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