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Prosody
Prosody is the melody of speech — pitch movement, rhythm, stress and pauses — carrying meaning beyond the words themselves.
Prosody distinguishes questions from statements and sarcasm from sincerity. It is what modern TTS competes on, and its absence from plain transcripts is why verbatim text can misrepresent tone.
Related terms
Fundamental frequency (F0)Fundamental frequency (F0) is the rate of vocal-fold vibration — perceived as the pitch of a voice, typically …
Text-to-speech (TTS)Text-to-speech synthesizes spoken audio from written text — the inverse of speech recognition — with modern ne…
Frequently asked
What is Prosody?
Prosody is the melody of speech — pitch movement, rhythm, stress and pauses — carrying meaning beyond the words themselves.
Why does Prosody matter?
Prosody distinguishes questions from statements and sarcasm from sincerity. It is what modern TTS competes on, and its absence from plain transcripts is why verbatim text can misrepresent tone.
What terms are related to Prosody?
Closely related concepts: Fundamental frequency (F0), Text-to-speech (TTS) — each has its own entry in this glossary.