1. UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA
Text-to-speech
Module 6
Unit 4
ANNA MATAMALA
UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA

2. voicing Describer. Voice talent.
Automatic text-to-speech system (TTS).

3. TTS
SPEECH SYNTHESIS
TEXT TO SPEECH
SYNTHETIC VOICES
ARTIFICIAL VOICES

4. research Walczak & Szarkowska (2012). Szarkowska (2011).
Drozdz-Kubik (2011).
Szarkowska & Jankowska (2012).

5. research
Fernández-Torné, Anna; Matamala, Anna (2015) Text-to- speech versus human voiced audio description: a reception study in films dubbed into Catalan. Jostrans, 24,

6. research
Kobayashi, M. et al. (2010) Are synthesized video descriptions acceptable? ASSETS ’10,

7. research 115 users in Japan + 236 in the USA.
Human voice vs. standard TTS vs. prototype TTS.

8. research
Walczak, A.; Fryer, L. (2017) Vocal delivery of audio description by genre: measuring users’ presence. Perspectives. Studies in Translatology, 26:1.

9. MARKET Text-to-speech systems integrated in apps.
Oncins, E. et al. (2013) on Universal Access System (UAS).
Scribit AD crowdsourcing platform.

10. AST
Verboom, M. et al (2002) Spoken subtitles: making subtitled TV programme accessible. ICCHP proceedings,

11. AST
ISO/IEC TS :2017 Part 25: Guidance on the audio presentation of text in videos, including captions, subtitles and other on-screen text.

12. audiences Audiences becoming more used to artificial voices.
It is worth exploring it for AD and AST.

13. UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA
Text-to-speech
Module 6
Unit 4
ANNA MATAMALA
UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA

14. The preparation of this presentation was supported by ADLAB PRO
(Audio Description: A Laboratory
for the Development of a New Professional Profile),
financed by the European Union
under the Erasmus+ Programme,
Key Action 2 – Strategic Partnerships,
Project number: IT02-KA  

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