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Audio playback device and audio playback method thereof for adjusting text to speech of a target character using spectral features

US11049490B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 30, 2018
Grant dateJun 29, 2021
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Expiry dateApr 2, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L13/027
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An audio playback device receives an instruction from a user to select a target voice model from a plurality of voice models and assigns the target voice model to a target character in a text. The audio playback device also transforms the text into a speech, and during the process of transforming the text into the speech, transforms sentences of the target character in the text into the speech of the target character according to the target voice model.

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