Combinatorial Expressive Speech Engine

Authors: Juan José BurredEmmanuel Ponsot
Updated: Sat 24 March 2018
Source: http://cream.ircam.fr/?p=521
Type: software
Languages: French, English, Japanese
Keywords: languagespeechpitchFrenchEnglishJapanese
Open Access: yes
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Documentation: https://forum.ircam.fr/projects/detail/cleese/
Publications: Ponsot, E., Arias, P. & Aucouturier, JJ. (2018). Uncovering mental representations of smiled speech using reverse correlation. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 143 (1). ; Ponsot, E., Burred, JJ., Belin, P. & Aucouturier, JJ. (2018) Cracking the social code of speech prosody using reverse correlation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1716090115
Citation: Burred, J.J., Ponsot, E. (2014). Combinatorial Expressive Speech Engine. CREAM Lab. http://cream.ircam.fr/?p=521
Summary:

C.L.E.E.S.E. (Combinatorial Expressive Speech Engine) is a tool designed to generate an infinite number of natural-sounding, expressive variations around an original speech recording. More precisely, C.L.E.E.S.E. creates random fluctuations around the file’s original contour of pitch, loudness, timbre and speed (i.e. roughly defined, its prosody). One of its applications is the generation of very many random voice stimuli for reverse correlation experiments, or whatever else you fancy, really.