Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of 4.1.0


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09/01/10 15:58:52 (14 years ago)
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masc01
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  • 4.1.0

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    66== New features for expressive TTS == 
    7  * '''Prosody control for HMM-based voices'''. Using the SSML <prosody> tag, it is now possible to control the intonation generated for HMM-based voices from markup. Of particular interest is the "contour" attribute, which allows you to change the shape of the intonation curve. For details and examples, see ... 
     7 * '''Prosody control for HMM-based voices'''. Using the SSML [http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-synthesis11/#edef_prosody <prosody> tag], it is now possible to control the intonation generated for HMM-based voices from markup. Of particular interest is the "contour" attribute, which allows you to change the shape of the intonation curve. For details and examples, see ... 
    88 * '''Expressive vocalizations''' in certain unit selection voices. MaryXML now supports a new <vocalization> tag, with which you can request the generation of non-verbal or para-verbal expressions as they are often produced by the listener in a conversation, such as "yeah", "m-hm", laughter, sigh, etc. For details and examples, see ... 
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    1313== Bugfixes and other improvements == 
    1414 * Faster startup times. MARY 4.1.0 starts nearly twice as fast and needs about 30% less physical memory compared to MARY 4.0.0, due to the use of memory mapping for unit selection voices. 
     15 * Quality of German components improved. A number of bugs were fixed which had degraded German performance in MARY 4.0.0: 
     16   * [http://mary.opendfki.de/ticket/297 #297]                                            [http://mary.opendfki.de/ticket/297 German words spelled out when they shouldn't] 
     17   * [http://mary.opendfki.de/ticket/273 #273]                                            [http://mary.opendfki.de/ticket/273 Several problems with abbreviations in German] 
     18   * [http://mary.opendfki.de/ticket/308 #308]                                            [http://mary.opendfki.de/ticket/308 German compound analysis over-active] 
     19   * [http://mary.opendfki.de/ticket/287 #287]                                            [http://mary.opendfki.de/ticket/287 Abbreviations in German trigger major boundary insertion] 
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