GLOVE-TALK II VIDEO
Maureen Smith
maureen at cs.toronto.edu
Wed Jan 11 13:02:40 EST 1995
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GLOVE-TALK II PROJECT
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
Geoffrey Hinton and Sidney Fels
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THE GLOVE-TALK II VIDEO
A 31 minute video of the Glove-Talk II system developed by Sidney Fels
and Geoffrey Hinton at the University of Toronto is now available.
Glove-Talk II is an artifical vocal tract that converts hand movements
into speech in real time. The inputs come from two gloves, a polhemus
and a footpedal. Neural networks are used to convert these inputs
into formant descriptions that are sent to a speech synthesizer at 100
frames per second. The neural nets adapt to the particular way in
which the user tries to produce target sounds during training
sessions. The video shows the system in action for both rehearsed and
unrehearsed speech and describes in detail the neural networks that
are used.
To cover the costs of reproduction and distribution those wishing to
receive a copy of the video should send the following payment with
their order:
Addresses in Canada: Personal check or money order payable to the
University of Toronto for 10 Canadian dollars
Addresses in USA: Personal check or money order payable to the
University of Toronto for 10 US dollars
Addresses anywhere else: Money order for 20 Canadian dollars payable to the
University of Toronto (and specify PAL or NTSC)
Orders should be sent to Maureen Smith,
Department of Computer Science,
6 King's College Road, Rm 271,
University of Toronto,
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 1A4
fax: 416-978-1455
e-mail: maureen at cs.toronto.edu
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