Application of emotion-based intonation and prosody to speech in text-to-speech systems
US7401020B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 29, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 15, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 12, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S715/977
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A text-to-speech system that includes an arrangement for accepting text input, an arrangement for providing synthetic speech output, and an arrangement for imparting emotion-based features to synthetic speech output. The arrangement for imparting emotion-based features includes an arrangement for accepting instruction for imparting at least one emotion-based paradigm to synthetic speech output, as well as an arrangement for applying at least one emotion-based paradigm to synthetic speech output.
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