Generation of Automated Sports Commentary from Live Sports Data

Download PDF
Open Webpage

Tadashi Kumano, Tohru Takagi, Manon Ichiki, Kiyoshi Kurihara, Hiroyuki Kaneko, Tomoyasu Komori, Toshihiro Shimizu, Nobumasa Seiyama, Atsushi Imai, Hideki Sumiyoshi

Published: 2019, Last Modified: 14 May 2026BMSB 2019EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: We have developed a method of generating “automated sports commentary” that conveys an objective situation with synthesized speech based on live sports data. Our method can be applied to a wide variety of sports events by preparing “commentary templates” for each of them. The results of a subjective assessment demonstrated that the automated sports commentary generated with our method is effective for helping listeners understand the game situation. In addition, a public live streaming with the automated commentary showed that our proposed method can provide practical service for live sports broadcasting.