Transcribing of the Lithuanian Text Using Formal Rules

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Kasparaitis, Pijus

Affiliations: Department of Informatics, Faculty of Mathematics, Vilnius University, Naugarduko 24, 2006 Vilnius, Lithuania. E-mail: pkasparaitis@yahoo.com

Abstract: This paper deals with one of the components of text-to-speech synthesis of Lithuanian language namely – text transcription. Formal rules' method is used for text transcription. In this work the suitability of this method is grounded, an analysis of the form of rules to fit is made and the set of rules and interpreting algorithm is presented. Contextual information, features of stress, syllable boundaries and softness are used in the rules.

Keywords: text-to-speech synthesis, text transcription, formal rules

DOI: 10.3233/INF-1999-10401

Journal: Informatica, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 367-376, 1999