HQSYN16

Scripts for this task are placed in SVN repository ARTIC_UTILS/trunk/hmm_synth/LabLight.

1. Script diff_asf_snt.py performs a simple comparison between ASF and SNT files, prints out suspicious inconsistent utterances (pauses are ignored). This comparison reveals only some basic types of inconsistency.
2. Manual correction of SNT file (when needed).
3. Script merge_asf_snt.py merges ASF and SNT files, a new ASF file is created.
   1. Join verbs and enclictic "li" into one word (e.g. bude-li).
   2. Use words from SNT (with capital letters).
   3. Add punctuation and pronunciation columns.

Two ASF files were processed (voices MR and TJ). New ASF and SNT files are placed in ARTIC directory /artic/Experiments/asf.snt.merge.

Two more voices were processed: KI and AJ.
NOTE: Several specific corrections had to be done manually. Thus, the new ASFs should replace the default ASFs in the SVN repository. Otherwise, sooner or later, we could have two parallel inconsistent ASF versions.

Summary

• Czech voices: AJ, JS, KI, MR, SK, TJ
• Slovak voice: MM

ASF file for the Czech female voice PP was not merged, since the annotation file is not available.