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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DeShaun Bankston Chris Chandler English 101-526 Descriptive Essay 27 September 2012 The Greatest Sport in the World American NFL football is the greatest sport in the world. Many would ask why I think this. The Gridiron as we all know it is a very magnificent‚ strategic‚ and violent sport. Football can easily catch the unknowing eye of anybody. American football is the greatest sport in the world because of the tailgating‚ my personal opinion‚ and the strategy of the game. Through rain or
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Descriptive Statistics One of the most beloved sports in America is Major League Baseball. This professional sport spends billions of dollars each year enhancing the chances to reach the ultimate goal in winning the World Series. Major League Baseball is one of the few remaining sports that have an uneven balance in the franchise wage capacity to acquire top talented players. The areas of concentration in this research paper will be player salaries‚ winning percentage‚ player performance
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Texts and Traditions: Semester Two 2012 Caitlin Smith: 17517137 Research Essay Question: Discuss how the mother-child or father-child relation is central to either Frankenstein or The Hours. The story of Frankenstein‚ written by Mary Shelley‚ was first published in 1818. The book shows many representations of gothic literature and romanticism. Majority of Frankenstein’s characters are intensely intertwined and have relations with at least one other character. This leads to the tragedies written
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Professor Dumonceaux Descriptive Statistics Paper 2 June 2014 Finding a New Home According to Trochim‚ “Descriptive statistics are used to describe the basic features of the data in a study. They provide simple summaries about the sample and the measures. Together with simple graphics analysis‚ they form the basis of virtually every quantitative analysis of data” (Trochim‚ 2006). For many years‚ many studies and researches have been done in real estate market. Buyers need to conduct researches
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Reading: Read the following text‚ and write a brief heading for each paragraph. Products and Brands 1………………………………………………………………… Marketing theorists tend to give the word product a very broad meaning‚ using it to refer to anything capable of satisfying a need or want. Thus services‚ activities‚ people (politicians‚ athletes‚ film stars)‚ places (holiday resorts)‚ organizations (hospitals‚ colleges‚ political parties)‚ and ideas‚ as well as physical objects offered for sale by retailers
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P A R T 1. A N A L Y Z I N G F I C T I O N MODULE 1 1.1. The fictional world of a literary work Literature is writing that can be read in many ways. We can read it as a form of history‚ biography‚ or autobiography. We can read it as an example of linguistic structures or rhetorical conventions manipulated for special effect. We can view it as a material product of the culture that produced it. We can see it as an expression of beliefs and values of a particular class. We can also see a work of literature
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1. Create an in-text citation using the information from the following book. Mention the author in the text and use a direct quotation. Book with one author Quotation: A student in distance learning courses needs to ensure that he or she has a designated space for learning that supports his or her unique learning style. This personal learning space should be equipped with the necessary equipment that the student will need for school and be a comfortable working space. Author: James C. Brooks
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Descriptive Essay Children learn from use of their senses. They learn by recognizing a collection of sights and feelings‚ and making a connection to a symbol and a word. Elaborate on this basic principal and the human language is formed. The evolution of language began with the ability to communicate basic needs‚ and opened the gateway to a greater level of feeling and expression. The first people to harness the power of feelings into words had the right idea. It’s certain that the most
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Descriptive Writing: To Write A Short Descriptive Piece About War Experiences Of A WWI Soldier. It was June 1916 and the waves crashed violently towards the boat. The spray from the sea hit the soldier’s faces and the icy wind blew down hard. The soldiers were waiting anxiously nervously as they slowly approached the beach. Peter’s hands were shaking vigorously as he decided to take a sip of water from the canister‚ wrapped around his neck. Just two men in front of Peter the atmosphere was extremely
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