Speech synthesis employing concatenated prosodic and acoustic templates for phrases of multiple words
US6496801B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 2, 1999 |
| Grant date | Dec 17, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 2, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L13/08
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A speech synthesis system for generating voice dialog for a message frame having a fixed and a variable portion. A prosody module selects a prosodic template for each of the fixed and variable portions wherein at least one portion comprises a phrase of multiple words. An acoustic module selects an acoustic template for each of the fixed and variable portions wherein at least one portion comprises a phrase of multiple words. A frame generator concatenates the respective prosodic templates and acoustic templates. A sound module generates the voice dialog in accordance with the concatenated prosodic and acoustic templates.
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