X-Vario - Using the XFST Calculus for the Generation of Speech Variants

Ana Paula Quirino Simões, Universität Bielefeld

Report 235, August 1999

 

• Contents
• Introduction
• The FST-calculus
• Why XFST?
• The architecture of the x-vario system
  • testregel01to11.fst
  • testregel12to20.fst
  • testregel21to23+27+29to30.fst
  • testregel31+33to34+36+24.fst
• The Phoneme-to-Features-Converter
• The rules
  • Naming Conventions for the Rules
  • Definition of the phoneme classes
  • The Implementation of the Rules
• Runtime Behaviour
• Summary
• References
• x-vario
• convert.pl
• The input
  • Orthographic representation
  • Canonical phonological representation
• The output
• the awk-Scripts
  • blockNumbering.awk
  • lineAdjust.awk
  • lineSplitt.awk
  • noNumbers.awk
  • noParenth.awk
  • noVariantMarking.awk
  • noVariantsOneLine.awk
  • oneLine.awk
  • prettyPhonseg.awk
  • twoLines.awk
  • variantsMarking.awk
• The XFST-scripts
  • test01.script
  • test02.script
  • test03.script
  • test04.script

Thorsten Trippel Mon Mar 20 14:35:50 MET 2000