Editorial Special Section on Expressive Speech Synthesis (original) (raw)

The editorial highlights the significance of Expressive Speech Synthesis (ESS), a multidisciplinary area focused on conveying paralinguistic information such as emotion and speaker relationships in speech synthesis. It discusses advancements in the field, including the automation of database creation and the synthesis of emotional content, emphasizing the need for ESS to engage with cognitive and theoretical aspects of expression. A special section presents eight accepted papers that explore various approaches and methodologies in ESS, including prosody modification and nonverbal cues in conversational applications.