Speech synthesis for tasks with word and prosody dictionaries
US6826530B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 21, 2000 |
| Grant date | Nov 30, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 8, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2300/6063
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A plurality of tasks are set in a speech synthesizing process, in which at least one of speakers, emotion or situation at the time speeches are made, and contents of the speeches, is different, and word dictionaries, prosody dictionaries, and waveform dictionaries corresponding to respective tasks are organized. When a character string to be synthesized is input with the task specified through, for example, a game system, a speech synthesizing process is performed using the word dictionary, the prosody dictionary, and the waveform dictionary corresponding to the specified task. Therefore, a speech message can be generated depending on the personality of a speaker, the emotion or situation at the time when a speech is made, and the contents of the speech.
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