Inaugural Lecture: Prof Simon King (2012)

Inaugural Lecture: Prof Simon King

Professor Simon King presents his Inaugural Lecture entitled, "Using speech synthesis to give everyone their own voice".

Prof Simon King, Personal Chair of Speech Processing, provides an introduction to how computers can be used generate natural-sounding speech.

He then introduces a method of automatically creating voices that sound like particular individuals, based on relatively short recordings of their voice. The method works for both normal speech and disordered speech.

The lecture concludes with a showcase of recent work from the Centre for Speech Technology Research which includes the use of this technology to provide personalised communication aids for those who are losing the ability to speak, such as people with Motor Neurone Disease.

Recorded 6 February 2012 at the Auditorium lecture theatre, Business School, The University of Edinburgh.

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzL-pxcpo-E Retreived: 15/09/12)

Daniel Doughty
Posted 15th September 2012 at 5:44 PM