9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising aligning, by the system, the generated prosodic contour with the received text to be synthesized.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising aligning, by the system, the generated prosodic contour with the received text to be synthesized. 12. The method of claim 9 , wherein aligning the generated prosodic contour includes removing an unstressed portion from the generated prosodic contour.