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'''Carl Gunnar Michael Fant''' (October 8, 1919 – June 6, 2009<ref>http://www.speech.kth.se/gunnarfant/</ref>) was |
'''Carl Gunnar Michael Fant''' (October 8, 1919 – June 6, 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speech.kth.se/gunnarfant/ |title=Gunnar Fant's web page | access-date=2023-07-26}}</ref>) was a leading researcher in [[speech science]] in general and [[speech synthesis]] in particular who spent most of his career as a professor at the Swedish [[Royal Institute of Technology]] (KTH) in [[Stockholm]]. He was a first cousin of the actors and directors [[George Fant (actor)|George Fant]] and [[Kenne Fant]]. |
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Gunnar Fant received a [[Master of Science]] in [[Electrical engineering|Electrical Engineering]] in 1945. He specialized in the acoustics of the [[human voice]], measuring [[formant]] values, and continued to work in this area at [[Ericsson]] and at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]. He also took the initiative of creating a speech communication department at KTH, unusual at the time. |
Gunnar Fant received a [[Master of Science]] in [[Electrical engineering|Electrical Engineering]] from KTH in 1945. He specialized in the acoustics of the [[human voice]], measuring [[formant]] values, and continued to work in this area at [[Ericsson]] and at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]. He also took the initiative of creating a speech communication department at KTH, unusual at the time. |
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Fant's work led to the birth of a new era of speech synthesis with the introduction of powerful and configurable formant synthesizers. In 1960 he published the [[source-filter model of speech production]], which became widely used. In the 1960s, Gunnar Fant's Orator Verbis Electris (OVE) competed with Walter Lawrence's Parametric Artificial Talker (PAT)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindspring.com/~ssshp/ssshp_cd/ss_srde.htm |title=SIGNALS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT (SRDE)|access-date=January 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070412192919/http://www.mindspring.com/~ssshp/ssshp_cd/ss_srde.htm |archive-date=April 12, 2007 }}</ref> in creating lifelike speech synthesis. |
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In later years, Gunnar Fant remained active in the area of speech synthesis, focusing mainly on research on [[prosody (linguistics)|prosody]]. |
In later years, Gunnar Fant remained active in the area of speech synthesis, focusing mainly on research on [[prosody (linguistics)|prosody]]. |
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Fant received honorary doctorates from the Grenoble University (1978) and from [[Stockholm University]] (1988), and several other awards. In 1989, he was the inaugural recipient Scientific Achievement Medal of the [[International Speech Communication Association]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.isca-speech.org/iscaweb/index.php/honors/medals|title=ISCA (International Speech Communication Association) Honors and Medals|access-date=Mar 22, 2018}}</ref> He also received the [[Swedish Academy]] Margit Påhlson award, and the [[IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award]] (2003).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awards/sums/speech.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210023309/http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awards/sums/speech.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 10, 2007 |title=Medals, Technical Field Awards, and Recognitions |website=IEEE.org |access-date=2016-09-24}}</ref> He was a member |
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of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]] and the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences]]. |
of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]] and the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences]].<ref name="Memorial Tributes">{{cite book|title=Memorial Tributes, Volume 14|date=Jun 20, 2011|publisher=National Academies Press|page=77|isbn=9780309152181|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I_Dpo_akvCYC&q=%22Gunnar+Fant%22+Royal+Swedish+Academy+of+Engineering+Sciences.&pg=PA77|access-date=21 September 2016}}</ref> |
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==Bibliography== |
==Bibliography== |
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* Gunnar Fant (1970) ''Acoustic Theory of Speech Production''. Mouton De Gruyter. ISBN |
* Gunnar Fant (1970) ''Acoustic Theory of Speech Production''. Mouton De Gruyter. {{ISBN|90-279-1600-4}} |
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* Gunnar Fant (2006) ''Speech Acoustics and Phonetics: Selected Writings''. Springer. ISBN |
* Gunnar Fant (2006) ''Speech Acoustics and Phonetics: Selected Writings''. Springer. {{ISBN|1-4020-2789-3}} |
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* [[Roman Jakobson]], C. Gunnar M. Fant, and Morris Halle (1961) P''reliminaries to Speech Analysis: The Distinctive Features and Their Correlates''. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. ISBN |
* [[Roman Jakobson]], C. Gunnar M. Fant, and Morris Halle (1961) P''reliminaries to Speech Analysis: The Distinctive Features and Their Correlates''. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. {{ISBN|0-262-60001-3}} |
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==References== |
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==Sources== |
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* Dennis H. Klatt (1987). "Review of text-to-speech conversion for English". ''The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America'', Vol. 82, No. 3, September 1987, pp. |
* [[Dennis H. Klatt]] (1987). "Review of text-to-speech conversion for English". ''The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America'', Vol. 82, No. 3, September 1987, pp. 737–793. |
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Latest revision as of 18:21, 13 November 2024
Carl Gunnar Michael Fant (October 8, 1919 – June 6, 2009[1]) was a leading researcher in speech science in general and speech synthesis in particular who spent most of his career as a professor at the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm. He was a first cousin of the actors and directors George Fant and Kenne Fant.
Gunnar Fant received a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from KTH in 1945. He specialized in the acoustics of the human voice, measuring formant values, and continued to work in this area at Ericsson and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also took the initiative of creating a speech communication department at KTH, unusual at the time.
Fant's work led to the birth of a new era of speech synthesis with the introduction of powerful and configurable formant synthesizers. In 1960 he published the source-filter model of speech production, which became widely used. In the 1960s, Gunnar Fant's Orator Verbis Electris (OVE) competed with Walter Lawrence's Parametric Artificial Talker (PAT)[2] in creating lifelike speech synthesis.
In later years, Gunnar Fant remained active in the area of speech synthesis, focusing mainly on research on prosody.
Fant received honorary doctorates from the Grenoble University (1978) and from Stockholm University (1988), and several other awards. In 1989, he was the inaugural recipient Scientific Achievement Medal of the International Speech Communication Association.[3] He also received the Swedish Academy Margit Påhlson award, and the IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award (2003).[4] He was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.[5]
Bibliography
[edit]- Gunnar Fant (1970) Acoustic Theory of Speech Production. Mouton De Gruyter. ISBN 90-279-1600-4
- Gunnar Fant (2006) Speech Acoustics and Phonetics: Selected Writings. Springer. ISBN 1-4020-2789-3
- Roman Jakobson, C. Gunnar M. Fant, and Morris Halle (1961) Preliminaries to Speech Analysis: The Distinctive Features and Their Correlates. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-60001-3
References
[edit]- ^ "Gunnar Fant's web page". Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ^ "SIGNALS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT (SRDE)". Archived from the original on April 12, 2007. Retrieved January 26, 2007.
- ^ "ISCA (International Speech Communication Association) Honors and Medals". Retrieved Mar 22, 2018.
- ^ "Medals, Technical Field Awards, and Recognitions". IEEE.org. Archived from the original on February 10, 2007. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
- ^ Memorial Tributes, Volume 14. National Academies Press. Jun 20, 2011. p. 77. ISBN 9780309152181. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
Sources
[edit]- Dennis H. Klatt (1987). "Review of text-to-speech conversion for English". The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 82, No. 3, September 1987, pp. 737–793.
External links
[edit]- Audio clips from Dennis Klatt's "Review of text-to-speech conversion for English"
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