Text to speech conversion system and method that distinguishes geographical names based upon the present position
US6012028A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 28, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jan 4, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 28, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L13/02
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The text to speech conversion system distinguishes geographical names based upon the present position and includes a text input unit for inputting text data, a position coordinator input unit for inputting present location information of the text to speech conversion system, and a text normalizer connected to the text input unit and the position coordinator input unit for capable of generating a plurality of pronunciation signals indicative of a plurality of pronunciations for a common portion of the text data, the text normalizer selecting one of the pronunciation signals based upon the present location information.
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