Phrase splicing and variable substitution using a trainable speech synthesizer
US6266637A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 11, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 24, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L13/06
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In accordance with the present invention, a method for providing generation of speech includes the steps of providing input to be acoustically produced, comparing the input to training data or application specific splice files to identify one of words and word sequences corresponding to the input for constructing a phone sequence, using a search algorithm to identify a segment sequence to construct output speech according to the phone sequence and concatenating segments and modifying characteristics of the segments to be substantially equal to requested characteristics. Application specific data is advantageously used to make pertinent information available to synthesize both the phone sequence and the output speech. Also, described is a system for performing operations in accordance with the disclosure.
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