Providing personalized voice font for text-to-speech applications
US7693719B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 29, 2004 |
| Grant date | Apr 6, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 8, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L2021/0135
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for synthesizing speech from text includes receiving one or more waveforms characteristic of a voice of a person selected by a user, generating a personalized voice font based on the one or more waveforms, and delivering the personalized voice font to the user's computer, whereby speech can be synthesized from text, the speech being in the voice of the selected person, the speech being synthesized using the personalized voice font. A system includes a text-to-speech (TTS) application operable to generate a voice font based on speech waveforms transmitted from a client computer remotely accessing the TTS application.
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