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This chapter outlines the prosodic module of the RULSYS/INFOVOX TTS system for German, which represents the implementation of KIM (the Kiel intonation model). The first section sets out the categories of this model, and the second deals with their symbolization in input strings to the model and to the synthesis system for the control of parametric values.
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Köhler, K.J. (1997). Parametric Control of Prosodic Variables by Symbolic Input in TTS Synthesis. In: van Santen, J.P.H., Olive, J.P., Sproat, R.W., Hirschberg, J. (eds) Progress in Speech Synthesis. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1894-4_37
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