System and method for generating expressive prosody for speech synthesis
US10418025B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 6, 2017 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 6, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L25/30
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for producing speech comprises: accessing an expressive prosody model, wherein the model is generated by: receiving a plurality of non-neutral prosody vector sequences, each vector associated with one of a plurality of time-instances; receiving a plurality of expression labels, each having a time-instance selected from a plurality of non-neutral time-instances of the plurality of time-instances; producing a plurality of neutral prosody vector sequences equivalent to the plurality of non-neutral sequences by applying a linear combination of a plurality of statistical measures to a plurality of sub-sequences selected according to an identified proximity test applied to a plurality of neutral time-instances of the plurality of time-instances; and training at least one machine learning module using the plurality of non-neutral sequences and the plurality of neutral sequences to produce an expressive prosodic model; and using the model within a Text-To-Speech-System to produce an audio waveform from an input text.
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