CR1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Croatian male voice for the MBROLA speech synthesizer Copyright (C) 1998 by Juraj Bakran and Nikolaj Lazic, University of Zagreb -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.0 Description of CR1 2.0 Distribution 3.0 Installation, and tests 4.0 Acknowledgments -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.0 Description of CR1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CR1 is first version of a diphone database for Croatian. It includes 930 diphones. The following phoneme symbols are assumed in our diphone set: Note: This set uses the SAMPA notation for Croatian. In the representation of Croatian orthography shown below, * c' stands for c with an acute accent; * d' stands for a barred d; * c^ s^ z^ stand for c s z with a wedge accent (hacek). Vowels. There are five vowels in Croatian. Additionally, r can function as a vowel. SAMPA symbol Orthography Transcription Gloss i sir "sir cheese e pet "pe:t five a sat "sa:t watch o bol "bo:l pain u put "pu:t way r prst "prst finger Consonants. The Croatian consonant system comprises 17 obstruents and 7 sonorant phonemes. SAMPA symbol Orthography Transcription Gloss p pas "pas dog b bas "bas base t tip "ti:p type d dan "da:n day k kap "ka:p drop g gol "go:l naked ts cura "tsura girl tS c^ar "tSa:r thrill dZ dz^ep "dZep pocket tS' noc' "no:tS' night dZ' d'ak "dZ'a:k pupil f fonetika fo"netika phonetics s sat "sa:t hour z zid "zi:d wall S s^ef "Se:f chief Z z^ena "Zena woman x hod "xo:d walking m most "mo:st bridge n noga "noga leg J njiva "Jiva field l lud "lu:d mad L ljut "Lu:t bitter r ruka "ru:ka hand v vid "vi:d sight j ja "ja: I -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.0 Distribution -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This distribution of cr1.zip contains the following files : cr1 - Croatian male voice cr1.txt - this file and a number of example .PHO files : brazilac.pho kantica.pho zalostan.pho naslov.pho example.pho Please consult the MBROLA project homepage : http://tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola.html Registered users will automatically be notified of the availability of new databases. To freely register, simply send an email to mbrola-interest-request@tcts.fpms.ac.be with the word 'subscribe' in the message title. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.0 Installation and Tests -------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have not copied the MBROLA software yet, please consult the MBROLA project homepage and get it. Also refer to the readme.txt file provided with the mbrola software for using it. Copy cr1.zip into the mbrola directory and unzip it. Try mbrola cr1 zalostan.pho zalostan.wav to create a sound file for the word /Zalostan/ (sad). Listen to it with your favorite sound editor, and try the other command files (*.pho) to have a better idea of the quality of speech that can be synthesized with MBROLA and the cr1 database. In the creation of new *.pho files, there is no need to worry about allophones. They are included in the database by allowing natural assimilation in the course of pronunciation. You need simply write the phonemic (SAMPA) transcription in the *.pho file. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.0 Acknowledgments -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The cr1 database was developed in Department of Phonetics at University of Zagreb. We would like to thank Vincent Pagel for his efforts in converting our diphone database to the MBROLA format and for all suggestions during the construction and transfer of the database. Also, we would like to thank to all students of phonetics who took part in the construction of the database. July 1, 1998. Juraj Bakran and Nikolaj Lazic For more information contact: juraj.bakran@ffzg.hr or nikolaj.lazic@ffzg.hr or write to: Department of Phonetics, I. Lucica 3, 10000 Zagreb, CROATIA --------------------------------------------------------------------------