Examples of Synthesized Speech
[German]
[English]
[French]
[Dutch]
[Spanish]
[Italian]
[Portuguese]
[Swedish]
[Norwegian]
[Finnish]
[Estonian]
[Icelandic]
[Czech]
[Russian]
[Greek]
[Croatian]
[Turkish]
[Romanian]
[Breton]
[Japanese]
[Chinese]
[Korean]
[Hebrew]
[Arabic]
[Indonesian]
 
Collected by Gregor M�hler.
 
Waveforms are in wav-, aiff-, au- or mp3-format
 
 
   
 
German Synthesis
       
Comparison of various German TTS systems using the same text
 
German Festival
IMS Uni Stuttgartdiphone synthesis (using MBROLA diphones)
intro [4/00 example]
schlafes bruder [4/00 example]
Hadifix
IKP Uni Bonn mixed inventory
intro [6/97 www-example]
schlafes bruder [9/97 www-interface]
gedicht [95 www-example]
bolle-lied [95 www-example]
Mikrosegement Synthesis
Phonetik Uni Saarbr�cken microsegments based on diphones
goethe [9/95 www-example]
sport news [9/95 www-example]
schlafes bruder [9/97 www-interface]
BellLabs-TTS-System
LPC diphone synthesis
guten tag [9/97 www-example]
news [9/97 www-example]
schlafes bruder [9/97 www-interface]
Infovox
Telia Promotordiphone/formant synthesis
female (diphone) [4/00 www-example]
male (diphone) [4/00 www-example]
formant [9/97 www-example]
schlafes bruder (formant) [11/97 personal example]
CHATR
ATR-ITL Kyoto / Japannon-uniform unit selection
male:
guten Tag
beispiel
female:
guten Tag
beispiel
[8/97 www-examples]
Articulatory synthesis
Uni K�ln articulatory synthesis
auskunft1 [96 www-example]
auskunft2 [96 www-example]
SVox
ETH Z�richdiphone synthesis
wetter [5/97 www-example]
schlafes bruder [9/97 www-interface]
SprechM�hle
The University of Lausanne diphone synthesis (using MBROLA diphones)
intro [07/01 www-example]
text [07/01 www-example]
Spengi
Philips /
IPO Eindhoven diphone synthesis
nordwind [2/97 personal example]
nordwind-funny [2/97 personal example]
verkehr [2/97 personal example]
MBROLA
Le Mons, Belgien diphone synthesis
female (de1) [4/00 www-example]
male (de2) [4/00 www-example]
female (de3) [4/00 www-example]
schlafes bruder (male) [7/98 www-interface]
ProVerbe Speech Engine
Elan/CNETdiphone synthesis
willkommen [6/97 www-example]
schlafes bruder [9/97 personal example]
demo female voice [3/99 personal example]
TTS3000
Lernout & Hauspiediphone synthesis
female [1/99 personal example]
Waveform Synthesis
TU Dresdenwaveform synthesis
male [97 example]
female [97 example]
Multivox
TU Budapestformant synthesis
willkommen [96 example]
anfrage [96 example]
Multilingual TTS system
TI Uni Duisburgformant synthesis
guten tag [96 www-interface]
Eurovocs
formant synthesis
wirtschaftswunderwurst [96 www-example]
 
 
   
 
English Synthesis
 
Festival
CSTR Edinburghdiphone synthesis / non-uniform unit selection
intro (diphones)
explanation (diphones)
diphone example
unit selection example
[1/97 www-examples]
Next-Generation
TTS
AT&T Researchnon-uniform unit selection
example [4/00 www-example]
CHATR
ATR-ITL Kyoto / Japannon-uniform unit selection
gsw:
hello
intro
more
f2b:
hello
intro
more
mlp:
hello
intro
more
nick:
hello
intro
more
[97 www-examples]
Laureate
British Telecomunit selection
spain (male)
spain (female)
spain (male - northern accent)
duet (male - female)
[9/97 www-examples]
BellLabs-TTS-System
LPC diphone synthesis
welcome (male) [9/97 www-interface]
welcome (female) [9/97 www-interface]
lumber [9/97 www-example]
song [9/97 www-example]
YorkTalk
University of Yorknon-segemental (formant) synthesis
words
sentence
[6/97 www-examples]
SPRUCE
Essex Speech Grouphigh level synthesis (using other synthesis backends)
introduction
a dialogue between synthesizer and real user
[11/00 www-examples]
TTS3000
Lernout & Hauspiediphone synthesis
UK english
american english
[1/99 personal-examples]
Pavarobotti
National Center for Voice and Speechspeaking and singing articulatory speech synthesis
Dilegua
Fly (long)
[6/97 www-examples]
Trainable Speech Synthesis
Rob DonovanHMM-state sized subword units
example (male)
example (female)
[96 www-examples]
MBROLA
Le Mons, Belgien diphone synthesis
british english (en1)
female american english (us1)
male american english (us2)
male american english (us3)
[4/00 www-example]
ProVerbe Speech Engine
Elan/CNETdiphone synthesis
american male
american female
british male
[9/97 www-examples]
american voice william [3/99 personal example]
Infovox
Telia Promotor diphone/formant synthesis
british (diphone) [4/00 www-example]
british (formant) [9/97 www-examples]
american (formant) [9/97 www-examples]
Multilingual TTS system
TI Uni Duisburgformant synthesis
hello
[96 www-interface]
 
 
   
 
French Synthesis
 
MBROLA
Le Mons, Belgien diphone synthesis
male (fr1) [4/00 www-example]
female (fr2) [4/00 www-example]
male (fr3) [4/00 www-example]
female (fr4) [4/00 www-example]
male (fr5) [4/00 www-example]
chante [96 www-example]
td-psola [93 www-example]
mbr-psola [93 www-example]
breton (bz1) [4/00 www-eample]
ProVerbe Speech Engine
Elan/CNETdiphone synthesis
male
female
[9/97 www-examples]
LIMSI TTS System
LIMSI-CNRS diphone synthesis
entree
entree (incl. MBROLA)
[9/97 www-examples]
SpeechMill
The University of Lausanne diphone synthesis (using MBROLA diphones)
example [4/00 www-example]
CNET
Lannion diphone synthesis
jesuis [93 www-example]
ICP
Grenoble diphone synthesis
merci [93 www-example]
BellLabs-TTS-System
LPC diphone synthesis
bienvenu [9/97 www-example]
TTS3000
Lernout & Hauspiediphone synthesis
example [1/99 personal example]
Mingus
Modular Intonation Generation Using Syntax and MBROLA diphones
example1 1[07/01 www-example]
example2 1[07/01 www-example]
example3 1[07/01 www-example]
FIPSVOX
Text-preprosessing and MBROLA diphones
text1 1[07/01 www-example]
text2 1[07/01 www-example]
Infovox
Telia Promotor/diphone/formant synthesis
diphone [4/00 www-example]
formant [9/97 www-example]
KTH Stockholm
formant synthesis
bonjour [97 www-interface]
Kali project
diphones?
demo1 [4/99 personal example]
 
 
   
 
Dutch Synthesis
 
TTS3000
Lernout & Hauspiediphone synthesis
example [1/99 personal example]
Infovox
Telia Promotordiphone/formant synthesis
diphone [4/00 www-example]
formant [4/00 www-example]
MBROLA
Le Mons, Belgien diphone synthesis
male (nl1) [7/98 www-examples]
male (nl2) [4/00 www-example]
femle (nl3) [4/00 www-example]
Spengi
Philips /
IPO Eindhovendiphone synthesis
noordwind [2/1997 personal example]
 
 
   
 
Spanish Synthesis
 
University
of Madrid
concatenative and formant synthesis
concatenative synthesis
formant synthesis
[10/97 www-examples]
ProVerbe Speech Engine
Elan/CNETdiphone synthesis
example [9/97 www-example]
MBROLA
Le Mons, Belgien diphone synthesis
male (es1)
male (es2)
mexican spanish (mx1)
[4/00 www-examples]
LIMSI TTS System
LIMSI-CNRS diphone synthesis
narco [9/97 www-example]
BellLabs-TTS-System
LPC diphone synthesis
mexican spanish [9/97 www-example]
TTS3000
Lernout & Hauspiediphone synthesis
example [1/99 personal example]
Infovox
Telia Promotor / KTH Stockholmformant synthesis
example [9/97 www-example]
 
 
   
 
Italian Synthesis
 
BellLabs-TTS-System
LPC diphone synthesis
greeting [9/97 www-example]
TTS3000
Lernout & Hauspiediphone synthesis
example [1/99 personal example]
Infovox
Telia Promotor / KTH Stockholmformant synthesis
example [9/97 www-example]
 
 
   
 
Portuguese Synthesis
 
MBROLA
Le Mons, Belgien diphone synthesis
brazilian portuguese [4/00 www-example]
ProVerbe Speech Engine
Elan/CPqDdiphone synthesis
demo example [3/99 www-example]
 
 
   
 
Swedish Synthesis
 
Infovox
Telia Promotor / KTH Stockholmdiphone/formant synthesis
female (diphone) [4/00 www-example]
male (diphone) [4/00 www-example]
formant [7/98 www-example]
KTH Stockholm
formant synthesis with emotion modelling
neutral
happy
sad
angry
[96 www-examples]
MBROLA
Le Mons, Belgien diphone synthesis
male (sw1) [4/00 www-example]
 
 
   
 
Norwegian Synthesis
 
Infovox
Telia Promotorformant synthesis
diphone [4/00 www-example]
formant [9/97 www-example]
Arne
Telenor??
example [9/97 www-example]
 
 
   
 
Finnish Synthesis
 
Infovox
Telia Promotor / Phonetik Uni Kielformant synthesis
example [9/97 www-example]
 
 
   
 
Estonian Synthesis
 
MBROLA
Le Mons, Belgien diphone synthesis
example (ee1) [4/00 www-example]
 
 
   
 
Icelandic Synthesis
 
Infovox
Telia Promotor / KTH Stockholmformant synthesis
example [9/97 www-example]
 
 
   
 
Czech Synthesis
 
MBROLA
Le Mons, Belgien diphone synthesis
example (cz1) [4/00 www-example]
 
 
   
 
Russian Synthesis
 
BellLabs-TTS-System
LPC diphone synthesis
greeting [3/99 www-example]
ProVerbe Speech Engine
Elan/CNETdiphone synthesis
demo [3/99 personal example]
 
 
   
 
Greek Synthesis
 
University of Patras
diphone synthesis
Diphone Synthesis
LPC diphone synthesis
LPC diphone synthesis with prosody control
[98 www-examples]
MBROLA
Le Mons, Belgien diphone synthesis
example (gr1) [4/00 www-example]
DEMOSTHeNES
University of Athens diphone synthesis
example1 [2/02 www-example]
example2 [2/02 www-example]
 
 
   
 
Croatian Synthesis
 
MBROLA
Le Mons, Belgien diphone synthesis
example [4/00 www-example]
 
 
   
 
Turkish Synthesis
 
MBROLA
Le Mons, Belgien diphone synthesis
example (tr1) [1/01 www-example]
 
 
   
 
Romanian Synthesis
 
BellLabs-TTS-System
LPC diphone synthesis
greeting [9/97 www-example]
MBROLA
Le Mons, Belgien diphone synthesis
male (ro1) [4/00 www-example]
 
 
   
 
Breton Synthesis
 
MBROLA
Le Mons, Belgien diphone synthesis
example (bz1) [1/01 www-example]
 
 
   
 
Japanese Synthesis
 
CHATR
ATR-ITL Kyoto / Japan non-uniform unit selection
fmp:
short
long
mht:
short
long
fkn
fks
msh
mho
[5/97 www-examples]
child
child (speaking English) [9/97 www-examples]
laugh1
laugh2
laugh3
[5/97 www-examples]
MBROLA
Le Mons, Belgien diphone synthesis
example (jp1) [4/00 www-example]
BeSTspeech
Lernout & Hauspiediphone synthesis
example [9/97 www-example]
Multilingual TTS system
TI Uni Duisburg formant synthesis
oishii [96 www-interface]
 
 
   
 
Chinese Synthesis
 
BellLabs-TTS-System
LPC diphone synthesis
news [9/97 www-example]
CHATR
ATR-ITL Kyoto / Japan non-uniform unit selection
example [9/97 www-examples]
BeSTspeech
Lernout & Hauspiediphone synthesis
mandarin [9/97 www-example]
 
 
   
 
Korean Synthesis
 
CHATR
ATR-ITL Kyoto / Japan non-uniform unit selection
example [9/97 www-examples]
MBROLA
Le Mons, Belgien diphone synthesis
example (hn1) [4/00 www-example]
 
 
   
 
Hebrew Synthesis
 
MBROLA
Le Mons, Belgien diphone synthesis
example (hb1) [4/00 www-example]
 
 
   
 
Arabic Synthesis
 
MBROLA
Le Mons, Belgium diphone synthesis
example (ar1) [4/00 www-example]
Sakhr Software
Cairo, Egypt concatenative synthesis
male [08/01 personal example]
female [08/01 personal example]
 
 
   
 
Indonesian Synthesis
 
MBROLA
Le Mons, Belgien diphone synthesis
example (id1) [1/01 www-example]
Nov 18, MET
