You can also download my master's thesis: Generating Expression in Synthesized Speech (Janet Cahn, M.I.T. Media Laboratory, May 1989).
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From this page you can hear the output of the Affect
Editor program, which generates instructions for a DECtalk3 speech synthesizer.
You can also download my master's thesis: Generating Expression in Synthesized Speech (Janet Cahn, M.I.T. Media Laboratory, May 1989). |
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Examples, synthesized for 10 different configurations of the 17 Affect Editor parameters. |
| INTRO (DECtalk's default parameters). | .AU (91K) | .WAV (183K) |
| You've asked me that question a thousand times, and my answer has always been the same. | .AU (1.3Mb) | .WAV (2.6Mb) |
| I thought you really meant it. | .AU (337K) | .WAV (674K) |
| Look at that picture. | .AU (264K) | .WAV (527K) |
| The 17 Affect Editor parameters. Examples synthesized using the sentence, "I thought you really meant it." |
| DESCRIPTIONS | Pitch | Timing | Voice Quality |
Articulation
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.AU (98K)
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.AU
(400K)
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.AU (361K)
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.AU
(457K)
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.AU
(225K)
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.WAV (197K)
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.WAV
(804K)
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.WAV (722K)
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.WAV
(915K)
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.WAV
(450K)
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Experiment: Chapter 6 of thesis.
Stimuli: 5 sentences x 6 emotions. |
| Stimuli by sentence | ||
| INTRO | .AU (325K) | .WAV (325K) |
| I'm almost finished. | .AU (668K) | .WAV (668K) |
| I'm going to the city. | .AU (728K) | .WAV (728K) |
| I saw your name in the paper. | .AU (730K) | .WAV (730K) |
| I thought you really meant it. | .AU (868K) | .WAV (868K) |
| Look at that picture. | .AU (818K) | .WAV (818K) |
| Stimuli by emotion | ||
| INTRO | .AU (522K) | .WAV (522K) |
| Anger | .AU (378K) | .WAV (378K) |
| Disgust | .AU (578K) | .WAV (578K) |
| Gladness | .AU (485K) | .WAV (485K) |
| Sadness | .AU (864K) | .WAV (864K) |
| Fear | .AU (446K) | .WAV (446K) |
| Surprise | .AU (431K) | .WAV (431K) |