Voice mail system, voice synthesizing device and method therefor
US6289085A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 16, 1998 |
| Grant date | Sep 11, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 16, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M1/651
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The reception part 30 outputs the text and the header of the received electronic mail to the voice synthesizing part 32. The voice font switching part 326 outputs the sander ID contained in the header to the voice font searching part 328. The voice font searching part 328 searches the voice feature data in the voice font database part 330 to have voice feature data in which the user ID contained in the header of the voice feature data matches the sender ID sent to the rhythm control part 322 and the voice generating part 324. The rhythm control part 322, the voice generating part 324 and the voice output part 38 read the content of the text in a voice feature indicated by the phonemes contained in the supplied voice feature data and generates a voice signal characterized by rhythm data contained in the header of the voice feature data for output.
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