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. 11. The method of claim 9 , wherein aligning the generated prosodic contour includes rescaling an unstressed portion of the generated prosodic contour to a longer or a shorter length.