A large-scale comparison of two voice synthesis techniques on intelligibility, naturalness, preferences, and attitudes toward voices banked by individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) commonly results in the inability to produce natural speech, making speech-generating devices (SGDs) important. Historically, synthetic voices generated by SGDs were neither unique, nor age- or dialect-appropriate, which depersonalized SGD use. Voices generated by...

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Published in:	AAC: Augmentative & Alternative Communication Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 31 - 46
Main Authors:	Hyppa-Martin, Jolene, Lilley, Jason, Chen, Mo, Friese, Jaclyn, Schmidt, Corinne, Bunnell, H. Timothy
Format:	research tables/charts Journal Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2024
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