Multiple language speech synthesizer
US6243681A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 14, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jun 5, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L13/08
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a speech synthesizer for converting text data to speech data, it is possible to realize high quality speech output even if the text data to be converted is in many languages. The speech synthesizer is provided with a plurality of speech synthesizers for converting text data to speech data and each speech synthesizer converts text data of a different language to speech data in that language. For conversion of particular text data to speech data, one of the plurality of speech synthesizers is selected and caused to carry out that conversion.
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