Class Durator

java.lang.Object
com.sun.speech.freetts.cart.Durator
All Implemented Interfaces:
UtteranceProcessor

public class Durator extends Object implements UtteranceProcessor
Determines duration timing for Relation.SEGMENT relations in an utterance. Annotates the Relation.SEGMENT relation with an "end" time feature.

[[[TODO: The mean words-per-minute rate should become part of the CART data. For now, it is passed into the constructor.]]]

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  • Field Summary

    Fields
    Modifier and Type
    Field
    Description
    protected final CART
    The CART used for this duration UtteranceProcessor.
    protected final PhoneDurations
    The PhoneDurations used for this duration UtteranceProcessor.
  • Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor
    Description
    Durator(CART cart, float meanRate, PhoneDurations durations)
    Creates a new duration UtteranceProcessor with the given CART and phone durations.
  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    void
    Annotates the Relation.SEGMENT relations with cumulative "end" time features based on phone durations.
     

    Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

    clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
  • Field Details

    • cart

      protected final CART cart
      The CART used for this duration UtteranceProcessor. It is passed into the constructor.
    • durations

      protected final PhoneDurations durations
      The PhoneDurations used for this duration UtteranceProcessor. It is passed into the constructor.
  • Constructor Details

    • Durator

      public Durator(CART cart, float meanRate, PhoneDurations durations)
      Creates a new duration UtteranceProcessor with the given CART and phone durations.
      Parameters:
      cart - contains zscore duration data
      meanRate - the mean words per minute rate of the CART data
      durations - contains mean and standard deviation phone durations
  • Method Details

    • processUtterance

      public void processUtterance(Utterance utterance) throws ProcessException
      Annotates the Relation.SEGMENT relations with cumulative "end" time features based on phone durations. Expects the CART to return a zscore for each phone, which specifies the number of standard deviations from the mean. This is coupled with a phone durations table that returns the mean and standard deviation for phones.
      Specified by:
      processUtterance in interface UtteranceProcessor
      Parameters:
      utterance - the utterance to process
      Throws:
      ProcessException - if a problem is encountered during the processing of the utterance
    • toString

      public String toString()
      Overrides:
      toString in class Object