Speech and sound synthesizers with connected memories and outputs
US6018709A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 15, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jan 25, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 15, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L13/047
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A speech synthesizing circuit includes a speech synthesizing integrated circuit chip and an audio synthesizing integrated circuit chip. The speech synthesizing integrated circuit chip has a microprocessor, a speech synthesizer, a programmable memory, an input/output port, and a speech address register. The audio synthesizing integrated circuit chip has a microprocessor, an audio synthesizer, a programmable memory, an audio data storage memory, and an input/output port. The input/output port of the speech synthesizing integrated circuit chip is connected to input/output port of the audio data storage memory of the audio synthesizing integrated circuit chip. The programmable memory of the speech synthesizing integrated circuit chip is programmed to cause the microprocessor of the speech synthesizing integrated circuit chip to retrieve speech data from the audio data storage memory of the audio synthesizing integrated circuit chip for speech synthesis by the speech synthesizer of the speech synthesizing integrated circuit chip. The programmable memory is programmed by providing software simulations of instructions preprogrammed into the speech synthesizing integrated circuit chip duri…
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