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The CSTR/EMIME HTS system for Blizzard challenge 2010

Yamagishi et al., 2010

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13116762608970062985
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Yamagishi J
Watts O
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In the 2010 Blizzard Challenge, we focused on improving steps relating to feature extraction and labeling in the procedures for training HMM-based speech synthesis systems. New auditory scales were used for spectral features and F0 representation. We have also …
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