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  • Speech Synthesis
  • Human-Computer Interaction

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  • Current text-to-speech (TTS) on AAC devices often uses a single synthetic voice for multiple users, limiting personalization.
  • Lack of customized voices can hinder technology adoption and social integration for individuals with speech impairments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a method for generating personalized synthetic voices for users with profoundly limited speech motor control.
  • To overcome limitations of existing voice banking and conversion techniques that require clear speech samples from the target individual.

Main Methods:

  • The VocaliD approach extracts prosodic properties from the target talker's speech signal.
  • These extracted features are applied to a surrogate talker's voice database.
  • This process generates a synthetic voice that retains the target talker's vocal identity while improving clarity.

Main Results:

  • The VocaliD approach successfully generated personalized synthetic voices for individuals with severe speech motor control limitations.
  • Preliminary intelligibility results are promising, indicating the potential for improved user experience.

Conclusions:

  • The VocaliD method offers a viable solution for personalized speech synthesis in AAC.
  • Further development is needed to enhance personalization and intelligibility for broader application.