Modules and Systems

• ECESS platform for web based TTS modules and systems evaluation
  M. Rojc, H. Höge, Z. Kačič, "ECESS platform for web based TTS modules and systems evaluation", 2008 in book "Verbal and Nonverbal Features of Human-Human and Human-Machine Interaction" - based on manuscripts submitted to COST Action 2102 International Conference on Verbal and Nonverbal Features of Human-Human and Human-Machine Interaction, 2008.
• Evaluation of Modules and Tools for Speech Synthesis - The ECESS Framework -
  H. Höge, Z. Kacic, B. Kotnik, M. Rojc, N. Moreau, H.-U. Hain, "Evaluation of Modules and Tools for Speech Synthesis - The ECESS Framework - ", LREC 2008, Marrakech, Marocco, 2008.
  
• Text-based prediction of automatically extracted intonation contour classes
  Reichel, U.D. (2007). Text-based prediction of automatically extracted intonation contour classes. In Proc. AST Workshop.
• Data-driven Extraction of Intonation Contour Classes
  Reichel, U.D. (2007). Data-driven Extraction of Intonation Contour Classes. In Proc. 6th ISCA Workshop on Speech Synthesis, pp 240-245.
• Text-based an Signal-based Prediction of Break Indices and Pause Durations
  Pfitzinger, H.R., Reichel U.D. (2006). Text-based an Signal-based Prediction of Break Indices and Pause Durations. In Proc. Speech Prosody, pp 133-136.
• Text Preprocessing for Speech Synthesis
  Reichel, U.D., Pfitzinger, H.R. (2006). Text Preprocessing for Speech Synthesis. In Proc. TC-Star Speech to Speech Translation Workshop, pp 207-212.
• Improving Data Driven Part-of-Speech Tagging by Morphologic Knowledge Induction
  Reichel, U.D. (2005). Improving Data Driven Part-of-Speech Tagging by Morphologic Knowledge Induction. In Proc. AST Workshop
  
• TC-STAR: Specifications of Language Resources and Evaluation for Speech Synthesis
  A. Bonafonte, H. Höge, I. Kiss, A. Moreno, U. Ziegenhain, H. van den Heuvel, H.-U. Hain, X. S. Wang, M. N. Garcia, "TC-STAR: Specifications of Language Resources and Evaluation for Speech Synthesis", LREC 2006, Genoa, Italy, 2006.
• ECESS Inter-Module Interface Specification for Speech Synthesis
  J. Pérez, A. Bonafonte, Horst-Udo Hain, E. Keller, S. Breuer, J. Tian, "ECESS Inter-Module Interface Specification for Speech Synthesis", LREC 2006, Genoa, Italy, 2006.

Tools

• A Hybrid Speech Signal Based Algorithm for Pitch Marking Using Finite State Machines
  H. Hussein, M. Wolff, O. Jokisch, F. Duckhorn, G. Strecha and R. Hoffmann, "A Hybrid Speech Signal Based Algorithm for Pitch Marking Using Finite State Machines", Interspeech 2008, Brisbane, Australia, 2008.
• Evaluation of Pitch Detection Algorithms under Real Conditions
  Luengo, I., Saratxaga, I., Navas, E., Hernáez, I., Sanchez, J., Sainz, I., "Evaluation of Pitch Detection Algorithms under Real Conditions", ICASSP 2007, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 2007.
• Hybrid Electroglottograph and Speech Signal based Algorithm for Pitch Marking
  H. Hussein, O. Jokisch, "Hybrid Electroglottograph and Speech Signal based Algorithm for Pitch Marking", Interspeech 2007, Antwerp, Belgium, 2007.
• Basic Parameters in Speech Processing The Need for Evaluation [pdf] [ppt]
  Höge, H. "Basic Parameters in Speech Processing The Need for Evaluation" Archives of Acoustics, vol. 32, no.1, pp.67-74 Warszawa, 2007
• Evaluation of Pitch Marking Algorithms
  Höge, H., Kotnik, B., Kacic, Z., Pfitzinger, H. R., "Evaluation of Pitch Marking Algorithms", ITG-Fachtagung Sprachkommunikation 2006, Kiel, Germany, 2006.
  
• Evaluation of Pitch Detection Algorithms in Adverse Conditions
  Kotnik, B., Höge, H., Kacic, Z., "Evaluation of Pitch Detection Algorithms in Adverse Conditions", Speech Prosody 2006, Dresden, Germany, 2006.

• A Language Resources Generation Toolbox For Speech Synthesis
  David Sündermann, "A Language Resources Generation Toolbox For Speech Synthesis", 12th International Workshop on Advances in Speech Technology, Maribor, Slovenia, July 2005.

Language Resources

• Development and Evaluation of Polish Speech Corpus for Unit Selection Speech Synthesis Systems
  Grazyna Demenko, Jolanta Bachan, Bernd Möbius, Katarzyna Klessa, Marcin Szymanski, Stefan Grocholewski (2008): "Development and Evaluation of Polish Speech Corpus for Unit Selection Speech Synthesis
  Systems". Proceedings of Interspeech 2008, Brisbane, Australia 2008.
  

• LC-STAR II: starring more lexica
  Ziegenhain, U., Ferse, H., van den Heuvel, H., Moreno, A., " LC-STAR II: starring more lexica", LREC 2008, Marrakech, Marocco, 2008.
• The design of Polish speech corpora for speech synthesis in BOSS system
  Demenko Grazyna, Katarzyna Klessa, Marcin Szymanski & Jolanta Bachan. 2007. The design of Polish speech corpora for speech synthesis in BOSS system. In: Preceedings of XII Sympozjum "Podstawowe Problemy Energoelektroniki, Elektromechaniki i Mechatroniki" (PPEEm'2007). Wisla, Poland, pp. 253-258.
• Prosody annotation for unit selection TTS synthesis
  Demenko Grazyna & Wagner Agnieszka. 2007. Prosody annotation for unit selection TTS synthesis. Archives of Acoustics, vol.32(1), pp. 25-41.
• LC-STAR: XML-coded Phonetic Lexica and Bilingual Corpora for Speech-to-Speech Translation
  Vriend, F. de, Castell, N., Giménez, J., Maltese, J., " LC-STAR: XML-coded Phonetic Lexica and Bilingual Corpora for Speech-to-Speech Translation", PAPILLON-2004 Workshop on Multilingual Lexical Databases, Grenoble, France, August-September, 2004.
• Creating Slovenian Language Resources for Development of Speech-to-Speech Translation Components
  Verdonik, D., Rojc, M., Kačič, Z., " Creating Slovenian Language Resources for Development of Speech-to-Speech Translation Components", LREC 2004, Lisbon, Portugal, 2004.
• Towards the Use of Word Stems and Suffixes for Statistical Machine Translation
  Popović, M., Ney, H., " Towards the Use of Word Stems and Suffixes for Statistical Machine Translation ", LREC 2004, Lisbon, Portugal, 2004.
• Creation and Validation of Large Lexica for Speech-to-Speech Translation Purposes
  Fersøe, H., Hartikainen, E., Heuvel, H. van den, Maltese G., Moreno, A., Shammass, S., Ziegenhain, U., " Creation and Validation of Large Lexica for Speech-to-Speech Translation Purposes", LREC 2004, Lisbon, Portugal, 2004.
• Lexica and Corpora for Speech-to-Speech Translation: A Trilingual Approach
  Conejero, D., Gimenez, J., Arranz, V., Bonafonte, A., Pascual, N., Castell, N., Moreno, A.," Lexica and Corpora for Speech-to-Speech Translation: A Trilingual Approach", EUROSPEECH 2003, Geneva, Switzerland, September 2003.
• Large Lexica for Speech-to-Speech Translation: From Specification to Creation
  Hartikainen, H., Maltese, G., Moreno, A., Shammass, S., Ziegenhain, U., " Large Lexica for Speech-to-Speech Translation: From Specification to Creation ", EUROSPEECH 2003, Geneva, Switzerland, September 2003.