Demo of a vowel synthesis algorithm
developed by
Working principle:
Formants are generated as sinusoids that are amplitude- and phase-modulated by the fundamental frequency. (Abstract)
Examples:
Vowel
Vowel /e/
Fromant transition and vowel of the syllable /ba/
Fromant transition and vowel of the syllable /da/
Stop consonant-diphthong-sequence /bai/
The algorithm works in an additive way. Here is an example of the various fundamental frequency and formant components of the stop consonant-vowel syllable
/da/:|
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first formant |
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second formant |
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third formant |
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fourth formant |
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fifth formant |
For a more detailed description see: J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 106 (1999), 2988-2990
Anybody who is interested in using this program may contact:
Ingo Hertrich, PhD
Department of Neurology
University of Tuebingen
Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3
72076 Tuebingen, Germany
E-mail:
ingo.hertrich@uni-tuebingen.de