SSSSS W W 1 S S W W W 11 S W W W 1 1 SSSSS W W W 1 S W W W 1 S S W W W 1 SSSSS WW WW 11111 Release 1.00 -------------------------------------------------------------- SW1-Lukas voice, a Swedish male voice for the MBROLA synthesizer Created by Marcus Filipsson and Gösta Bruce of the Department of Linguistics and Phonetics of Lund University, Sweden. ------------------------------------------------------------ 1.0 A brief description of SW1 ------------------------------------------------------------ SW1 1.00 release is a Swedish diphone database provided in the context of the MBROLA project : http://tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola.html It provides a Swedish male voice (known as "Lukas") to be used with the MBROLA program. Input files use the SAMPA phonetic notation, as adopted in other MBROLA databases. Below is a list of the 49 Swedish speech sounds it accounts for, with examples. Symbol Word Transcription p spil spi:l b bil bi:l t stal stA:l d dal dA:l k skal skA:l g gås go:s f fil fi:l v vår vo:r s sil si:l S sjuk S}:k h hal hA:l C tjock COk m mil mi:l n nål no:l N ring rIN r ris ri:s l lös l2:s j jag jA:g i: vit vi:t e: vet ve:t E: säl sE:l y: syl sy:l }: hus h}:s 2: föl f2:l u: sol su:l o: hål ho:l A: hal hA:l I vitt vIt e vett vet Y bytt bYt u0 buss bu0s 2 föll f2l U bott bUt O håll hOl a hall hal {: här h{:r pre-r allophone of E: 9: för f9:r " 2: { herr h{r " e 9 förr f9r " 2 @ pojken pOjk@n schwa vowel allophone rt hjort jUrt retroflex consonant rd bord bu:rd " rn barn bA:rn " rs fors fOrs " rl karl kA:rl " ph pil pi:l aspirated p th tal tA:l aspirated t kh kal kA:l aspirated k rh portal pUrhA:l aspirated rt Limitations: ----------- Not all of the 49x49 + 49 initial + 49 final = 2499 diphones are available. Many of them are more or less phonotactically impossible. This includes initial retroflex sounds, aspirated plosives before consonanants, initial schwa and others. To keep the size of the database down, these have not been recorded, and will generate an error if entered into a pho-file. In the end 2059 diphones were recorded. Below is a list of the 440 excluded diphones. 2-rd 9:-2: N-N j-N n-rl rh-h th-k {-p 2-rh 9:-9 N-rd j-rd n-rn rh-j th-kh {-ph 2-rl 9:-9: N-rh j-rh n-rt rh-k th-l {-s 2-rn 9:-@ N-rl j-rl p-N rh-kh th-m {-t 2-rt 9:-A: N-rn j-rn p-rd rh-l th-n {-th 2:-rd 9:-C N-rt j-rt p-rh rh-m th-p {-u0 2:-rh 9:-E: S-N k-N p-rl rh-n th-ph {-u: 2:-rl 9:-I S-rd k-rd p-rn rh-p th-r {-v 2:-rn 9:-N S-rh k-rh p-rt rh-ph th-rd {-y: 2:-rt 9:-O S-rl k-rl ph-C rh-r th-rh {-{ 9-2 9:-S S-rn k-rn ph-N rh-rd th-rl {-{: 9-2: 9:-U S-rt k-rt ph-S rh-rh th-rn {-}: 9-9 9:-Y Y-rd kh-C ph-_ rh-rl th-rs {:-2 9-9: 9:-_ Y-rl kh-N ph-b rh-rn th-rt {:-2: 9-@ 9:-a Y-rn kh-S ph-d rh-rs th-s {:-9 9-A: 9:-b _-N kh-_ ph-f rh-rt th-t {:-9: 9-C 9:-d _-rd kh-b ph-g rh-s th-th {:-@ 9-E: 9:-e _-rh kh-d ph-h rh-t th-v {:-A: 9-I 9:-e: _-rl kh-f ph-j rh-th v-N {:-C 9-N 9:-f _-rn kh-g ph-k rh-v v-rd {:-E: 9-O 9:-g _-rt kh-h ph-kh rl-N v-rh {:-I 9-S 9:-h b-N kh-j ph-l rl-rd v-rl {:-N 9-U 9:-i: b-rd kh-k ph-m rl-rh v-rn {:-O 9-Y 9:-j b-rh kh-kh ph-n rl-rl v-rt {:-S 9-_ 9:-k b-rl kh-l ph-p rl-rn {-2 {:-U 9-a 9:-kh b-rn kh-m ph-ph rl-rt {-2: {:-Y 9-b 9:-l b-rt kh-n ph-r rn-N {-9 {:-_ 9-d 9:-m d-N kh-p ph-rd rn-rn {-9: {:-a 9-e 9:-n d-rd kh-ph ph-rh rs-N {-@ {:-b 9-e: 9:-o: d-rh kh-r ph-rl rt-N {-A: {:-d 9-f 9:-p d-rl kh-rd ph-rn rt-rd {-C {:-e 9-g 9:-ph d-rn kh-rh ph-rs rt-rh {-E: {:-e: 9-h 9:-s d-rt kh-rl ph-rt rt-rt {-I {:-f 9-i: 9:-t e-rh kh-rn ph-s s-N {-N {:-g 9-j 9:-th e-rt kh-rs ph-t s-rd {-O {:-h 9-k 9:-u0 f-N kh-rt ph-th s-rh {-S {:-i: 9-kh 9:-u: f-rd kh-s ph-v s-rl {-U {:-j 9-l 9:-v f-rh kh-t r-N s-rn {-Y {:-k 9-m 9:-y: f-rl kh-th r-rd s-rt {-_ {:-kh 9-n 9:-{ f-rn kh-v r-rh t-N {-a {:-l 9-o: 9:-{: f-rt l-N r-rl t-rd {-b {:-m 9-p 9:-}: g-N l-rd r-rn t-rh {-d {:-n 9-ph @-N g-rd l-rh r-rt t-rl {-e {:-o: 9-rl C-N g-rh l-rl rd-N t-rn {-e: {:-p 9-s C-rd g-rl l-rn rd-rd t-rt {-f {:-ph 9-t C-rh g-rn l-rt rd-rh th-C {-g {:-s 9-th C-rl g-rt m-N rd-rt th-N {-h {:-t 9-u0 C-rn h-N m-rd rh-C th-S {-i: {:-th 9-u: C-rt h-rd m-rh rh-N th-_ {-j {:-u0 9-v E:-rd h-rh m-rl rh-S th-b {-k {:-u: 9-y: E:-rh h-rl m-rn rh-_ th-d {-kh {:-v 9-{ E:-rl h-rn m-rt rh-b th-f {-l {:-y: 9-{: E:-rn h-rt n-N rh-d th-g {-m {:-{ 9-}: E:-rt i:-rh n-rd rh-f th-h {-n {:-{: 9:-2 I-rn i:-rt n-rh rh-g th-j {-o: {:-}: ------------------------------------------------------------ 2.0 Distribution ------------------------------------------------------------ This distribution of mbrola contains the following files : sw1 : the database itself sw1.txt : this file license.txt : must read before using the database TEST : a directory containing the following examples -> lukas.pho: introduction to this database lukas2.pho: a short sentence Additional languages and voices, as well as other example command files, are or will be available in the context of the MBROLA project. Please consult the MBROLA project homepage : http://tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis 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. ------------------------------------------------------------ 4.0 Acknowledgments ------------------------------------------------------------ We would like to thank Merle Horne, Johan Frid, Mechtild Tronnier, and many others at the Department of Linguistics and Phonetics, Lund University for their support. Look at: http://www.ling.lu.se for more information, and for contact info on the persons mentioned in this document. (Other possible uses of the mbrola speech synthesizer within complete TTS systems are listed at : http://tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrtts.html) -------------------------------------------------------------- Marcus Filipsson Gösta Bruce Department of Linguistics and Phonetics Helgonabacken 12 Lund University 223 62 Lund SWEDEN http://www.ling.lu.se