Eunison

Extensive UNIfied-domain SimulatiON of the human voice

Coordinatore	KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN    more  Organization address address: Lindstedtsvaegen 24 city: Stockholm postcode: 100 44 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Carina Cognome: Lingonbacke Email: send email Telefono: 4687907559 Fax: 4687907854
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Sweden [SE]
Totale costo	3˙933˙641 €
EC contributo	2˙960˙000 €
Programma	FP7-ICT Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies
Code Call	FP7-ICT-2011-C
Funding Scheme	CP
Anno di inizio	2013
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2013-03-01   -   2016-02-29

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN  Organization address address: Lindstedtsvaegen 24 city: Stockholm postcode: 100 44 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Carina Cognome: Lingonbacke Email: send email Telefono: 4687907559 Fax: 4687907854	SE (Stockholm)	coordinator	0.00
2	CENTRE INTERNACIONAL DE METODES NUMERICS EN ENGINYERIA  Organization address address: C GRAN CAPITAN, EDIFICI C1, CAMPUS NORD UPC city: BARCELONA postcode: 8034 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Daniel Cognome: Cuadrat Email: send email Telefono: 34934016215 Fax: 34934016517	ES (BARCELONA)	participant	0.00
3	CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE  Organization address address: RUE MICHEL -ANGE city: PARIS postcode: 75794 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Guillaume Cognome: ROCHET Email: send email Telefono: +33 4 76881005 Fax: +33 4 76881174	FR (PARIS)	participant	0.00
4	FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAT ERLANGEN NURNBERG  Organization address address: SCHLOSSPLATZ city: ERLANGEN postcode: 91054 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Franziska Cognome: Müller Email: send email Telefono: 4991320000000 Fax: 4991320000000	DE (ERLANGEN)	participant	0.00
5	FUNDACIO PRIVADA UNIVERSITAT I TECNOLOGIA  Organization address address: PS BONANOVA city: BARCELONA postcode: 8022 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Meritxell Cognome: Bassolas Email: send email Telefono: +34 93 2902496	ES (BARCELONA)	participant	0.00
6	INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE  Organization address address: AVENUE FELIX VIALLET city: GRENOBLE CEDEX 1 postcode: 38031 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Clémentine Cognome: GLEIZAL Email: send email Telefono: +33 4 76 57 50 38 Fax: +33 4 76 57 48 13	FR (GRENOBLE CEDEX 1)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

Everyone needs their voice, and speech has a pivotal function in modern society. A detailed, working model of the voice would contribute to the human atlas and would find profound applications in fields such as speech technology, medical research, pedagogy, linguistics and the arts. But the physics are very intricate: we make the sounds of speech, song and emotions using multiple mechanisms; and these are under exquisite control, through muscle activation patterns acquired from years of training. Physically, voice involves complex interactions between laminar and turbulent airflow; vibrating, deforming, colliding elastic solids; and sound waves resonating in a contorting duct. So far, these mechanisms have had to be studied one at a time, using disparate tools and often gross approxi¬mat¬ions, for each of the subproblems. Now, advances in computing techniques suggest the possibility of simulating the entire voice organ, including its biomechanics and aeroacoustics, in a unified numerical domain. This major computational challenge would bring research and education much closer to reality. In the EUNISON project, we seek to build a new voice simulator that is based on physical first principles to an unprecedented degree. From given inputs, representing topology or muscle activations or phonemes, it will render the 3-D physics of the voice, including of course its acoustic output. This will give important insights into how the voice works, and how it fails. The goal is not a speech synthesis system, but rather a voice simulation engine, with many applications; given the right controls and enough computer time, it could be made to speak in any language, or sing in any style. The model will be operable on-line, as a reference and a platform for others to exploit in further studies. The long-term prospects include more natural speech synthesis, improved clinical procedures, greater public awareness of voice, better voice pedagogy and new forms of cultural expression.