Using multimodal speech production data to evaluate articulatory   animation for audiovisual speech synthesis
  The importance of modeling speech articulation for high-quality audiovisual (AV) speech synthesis is widely acknowledged. Nevertheless, while state-of-the-art, data-driven approaches to facial animation can make use of sophisticated motion capture techniques, the animation of the intraoral articulators (viz. the tongue, jaw, and velum) typically makes use of simple rules or viseme morphing, in stark contrast to the otherwise high quality of facial modeling. Using appropriate speech production data could significantly improve the quality of articulatory animation for AV synthesis. 
Ingmar Steiner (INRIA Lorraine - LORIA, Trinity College Dublin), Korin   Richmond (CSTR), Slim Ouni (INRIA Lorraine - LORIA)
cs.HC cs.GR