MUSA (MUltichannel Speaking Automaton)
MUSA (MUltichannel Speaking Automaton) was an early prototype of Speech Synthesis machine started in 1975.
Description
It consisted of a stand-alone computer hardware and a specialized software that implemented a diphone-synthesis technology. It was able to read italian in intellegibile robotic voice and also to sing managing up to 8 synthesis channels in parallel. In 1978 it was released, after the building of a working prototype[1], an 45" rpm audio disk containing some trial content of such synthesis, including the song "Fra Martino Campanaro" in "a cappella" (multiple voices) style, attached to some commercial reviews[2]. The experiment was conducted by CSELT, Turin, Italy and was led by Giulio Modena.
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Notes
- ↑ Billi, R., Canavesio, F., Ciaramella, A., & Nebbia, L. (1995). Interactive voice technology at work: The CSELT experience. Speech communication, 17(3-4), 263-271.
- ↑ (it) Cantoni, Virginio, Gabriele Falciasecca, and Giuseppe Pelosi, eds. Storia delle telecomunicazioni. Vol. 1. Firenze university press, 2011.
References
- Roberto Pieraccini, The voice and the Machine, MIT press, 2015, ISBN 0262533294.
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