Abstract
We proposed two selection methods, i) selection method by using phonemic environmental index (PER method), ii) selection method by searching minimal connective distortion index path (MLD method) for small scale speech synthesis system. This paper argued the relation between phonemic environmental index and connective distortion index. The followings were clarified, a) VCV sequence selected by PER method ranks automatically the supreme 10% of all VCV sequences with respect to connective distortion index criterion. b) VCV sequence selected by MLD method ranks automatically the supreme 10% of all VCV sequences with respect to phonemic environmental index criterion. Hence, these two selection criteria have a very strong relation each other.
