Where can I get some help with formant-based speech synthesis?

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Hmm...I have an ANALOG speech synthesis kit; Bell Systems science experiment #3 (C) 1963; VERY modern... Uses (green) flower power (geranium..germanium..whatever) transistors, VERY discreet (ahem!) resistors and capacitors and (again green) POT core inductors as follows: (a) buzz source, tunable, (b) first formant generator, (c) second formant generator, (d) third formant generator, which drive (not provided) headphones. DIGITALLY PROGRAMMABLE (use "fingers", connect or not connect = = BINARY) unit. With manual, "made available by your telephone company" (!!!), over

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Here is the deal with the vowels: Every vowel has distinct frequencies called formants. You just have to find a formant table for the language you wish to implement and put at least 3 high Q band-pass filter in parallel with center frequencies set to formant frequencies in front of a complex waveform oscillator.

Each consonant seems to have a different synthesis method though. You have to look it up for the language of your choice. The one I implemented was Turkish.

Cheers, Cem

Check; that kit by the Bell system i mentioned allows each of the three LC filters to be adjustable (by changing the capacitors for frequency and series resistance for changing the bandwidth). Even the "base band" buzz generator frequency was adjustable in a similar manner. The kit was best for vowels, tho..