[mary-users] Tag creation MaryTTS

[Ingmar Steiner]

Hi Jordi,

if you want to impose some predetermined prosody (specifically, duration 
and F0) on the synthesis process, then the established technique for 
doing this with MaryTTS is to generate MaryXML with the desired duration 
(`d`) and `f0` attributes.

However, you should be aware that depending on your synthesis backend 
(unit-selection, HSMM, or diphone), your mileage may vary -- the 
realized prosody after synthesis will probably differ to some extent 
from your specification.

If you need further guidance, please ask technical questions on the 
GitHub issue tracker.

Best wishes,

-Ingmar

On 07.03.17 23:05, Jordi Rabasseda wrote:
> Hello again,
>
> I would like to combine some tags in one tag, or create my own one
> accessing to the part of the code that relates the tags with the
> frequency and duration changes (that makes the intonation change where
> it is indicated).
>
> I suppose maybe in the first option doesn't need to modify the code.
> Anyway, the only source of information about how to do it is the branch
> of the GitHub? Or do you know some extra documentation that I could consult?
>
>
> Thank you again,
>
>
>
> Jordi R.
>
> 2017-03-03 7:00 GMT+01:00 Ingmar Steiner <ingmar.steiner at dfki.de
> <mailto:ingmar.steiner at dfki.de>>:
>
>     Hi Jordi,
>
>     you should be aware that MaryXML is about to be replaced as the
>     internal data representation in MaryTTS. We've been planning this
>     for some time, and have code ready to be merged as soon as it
>     becomes more stable. MaryXML will still be supported, but only as
>     one of several serialization/deserialization formats. Therefore, I'd
>     caution against investing significant time into learning how to
>     modify MaryXML.
>
>     Having said that, I'm not sure which modifications you have in mind.
>     You mention prosody and break tags, which are already part of
>     MaryXML. It's not unlikely that your use case could be realized
>     without modifying the code, using the existing functionality
>     (however poorly documented). In fact, there have been several
>     modifications to MaryXML over the years which have already diverged
>     from the format defined in the XSD.
>
>     I would recommend you follow development on the upstream master
>     branch over the coming weeks, and get in touch with us via the
>     GitHub issue tracker with any further technical questions.
>
>     Best wishes,
>
>     -Ingmar
>
>
>     On 02.03.17 21:24, Jordi Rabasseda wrote:
>
>         Hello,
>
>         I am an student of Pompeu Fabra University and I am making a speech
>         synthesizer comparison and some equivalences between ampl and
>         ssml tags.
>
>         I would like to create my own tags (especially prosody and break
>         tags)
>         of MaryXML. How could I do it or get some related information?
>
>
>         I hope you can have some time to write me back as soon as possible.
>
>         Thank you very much,
>
>
>
>         Jordi Rabasseda Riba
>
>
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