Synthesizing naturalistic laughter: An exploratory study on modeling voiced laughter with speech synthesis techniques

• Main Authors: Cagampan, Bernadyn R., Ng, Henry O., Panuelos, Kevin Matthew C.H., Uy, Krystyn Kaizzle S.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2013
• Subjects: Speech processing systems; Speech synthesis; Laughter; Computer Sciences
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/10829
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study focuses on the synthesis of naturalistic voiced laughter, and attempts to address the wide gap present in applications that involve synthetic agents. This gap lies in the interactions between human and these agents, which can in part be filled through the emulation and expression of paral...