Abstract Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) plays an increasing role in the study of speech.
This article reviews the MRI literature of anatomical imaging, imaging for acoustic modelling …

Text-to-Speech Synthesis provides a complete, end-to-end account of the process of
generating speech by computer. Giving an in-depth explanation of all aspects of current …

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has served as a valuable tool for studying static postures
in speech production. Now, recent improvements in temporal resolution are making it …

A central challenge for articulatory speech synthesis is the simulation of realistic articulatory
movements, which is critical for the generation of highly natural and intelligible speech. This …

The objective of the present work is to provide a detailed review of expressive speech
synthesis (ESS). Among various approaches for ESS, the present paper focuses the …

Magnetic resonance images of the vocal tract during the sustained phonation of/l/(both dark
and light allophones) by four native American English talkers are employed for measuring …

In this study, previous articulatory midsagittal models of tongue and lips are extended to full
three-dimensional models. The geometry of these vocal organs is measured on one subject …

The piriform fossa forms the bottom part of the pharynx and acts as a pair of side branches of
the vocal tract. Because of its obscure form and function, the piriform fossa has usually been …

A model of the vocal-tract area function is described that consists of four tiers. The first tier is
a vowel substrate defined by a system of spatial eigenmodes and a neutral area function …

This study examines individual differences in producing the sibilant contrast in American
English and the relation of those differences to 2 speaker characteristics:(a) use of a quantal …