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Theory: Foundations of Quality in Natural and Synthesized Speech

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Talker Quality in Human and Machine Interaction

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Speech is one of the most important modes to communicate and interact in human–human interaction (HHI). It contains semantic and pragmatic meaning, often in an underspecified and indirect way, by referencing to situational and world knowledge.

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Weiss, B. (2020). Theory: Foundations of Quality in Natural and Synthesized Speech. In: Talker Quality in Human and Machine Interaction. T-Labs Series in Telecommunication Services. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22769-2_1

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