Title

Implementation of Polish speech synthesis for the BOSS system

Journal title

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences Technical Sciences

Yearbook

2010

Volume

58

Issue

No 3

Authors

Demenko, G. ; Möbius, B. ; Klessa, K.

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Techniczne

Coverage

371-376

Date

2010

Identifier

DOI: 10.2478/v10175-010-0035-1 ; ISSN 2300-1917

Source

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences; 2010; 58; No 3; 371-376

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