Patent · US Expired

Speech synthesis using concatenation of speech waveforms

US6665641B1 · kind B1 · utility

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11References

108Claims

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Assignee

Scansoft, Inc. · US

Inventors

Geert Coorman · Kuurne, BE
Filip Deprez · Kortrijk, BE
Mario De Bock · Oudenaarde, BE
Justin Fackrell · Evergem, BE
Steven Leys · Drongen, BE
Peter Rutten · Plainfield, US
Jan DeMoortel · Mouscron, BE
Andre Schenk · Kortrijk, BE
Bert Van Coile · Brugge, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 12, 1999
Grant date	Dec 16, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 12, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG10L13/06
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A high quality speech synthesizer in various embodiments concatenates speech waveforms referenced by a large speech database. Speech quality is further improved by speech unit selection and concatenation smoothing.

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