Author:Schlunz, Georg I; Dlamini, Nkosikhona; Tshoane, Alfred; Ramunyisi, Ndivhuwo SDate:Nov 2017Text normalisation in text-to-speech synthesis comprises the segmentation and classification of the incoming text and the subsequent expansion of non-standard words into their standard word, spoken forms. We present a rule-based implementation ...Read more
Author:Badenhorst, Jaco; Tshoane, Alfred; De Wet, FebeDate:Dec 2016This paper reports on an analysis of isiXhosa speech produced by adult language learners. The learners whose speech was recorded were all acquiring isiXhosa as an additional language and the majority of the students had beginner level oral ...Read more