@article{780776,
      recid = {780776},
      author = {Hinterleitner, Florian.},
      title = {Quality of synthetic speech : perceptual dimensions,  influencing factors, and instrumental assessment /},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {This book reviews research towards perceptual quality  dimensions of synthetic speech, compares these findings  with the state of the art, and derives a set of five  universal perceptual quality dimensions for TTS signals.  They are: (i) naturalness of voice, (ii) prosodic quality,  (iii) fluency and intelligibility, (iv) absence of  disturbances, and (v) calmness. Moreover, a test protocol  for the efficient indentification of those dimensions in a  listening test is introduced. Furthermore, several factors  influencing these dimensions are examined. In addition,  different techniques for the instrumental quality  assessment of TTS signals are introduced, reviewed and  tested. Finally, the requirements for the integration of an  instrumental quality measure into a concatenative TTS  system are examined.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/780776},
}