A system and method for speech-to-singing synthesis is provided. The method includes deriving characteristics of a singing voice for a first individual and modifying vocal characteristics of a voice for a second individual in response to the characteristics of the singing voice of the first individual to generate a synthesized singing voice for the second individual. In one embodiment, the method includes deriving a template of first speech characteristics and first singing characteristics in response to a first individual's speaking voice and singing voice and extracting second speech characteristics from a second individual's speaking voice, then modifying the second speech characteristics in accordance with the template to generate the second individual's approximated singing voice and aligning acoustic features of the second individual's approximated singing voice in response to the first speech characteristics, the first singing characteristics and the second speech characteristics to generate the second individual's synthesized singing voice.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TEMPLATE-BASED PERSONALIZED SINGING SYNTHESIS