Prosodic control rule generation method and apparatus, and speech synthesis method and apparatus
US7761301B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 20, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jul 20, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 5, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L13/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A prosodic control rule generation method includes dividing an input text into language units, estimating a punctuation mark incidence at a boundary between language units in the input text, the punctuation mark incidence indicating a degree that a punctuation mark occurs at the boundary, based on attribute information items of a plurality of language units adjacent to the boundary, and generating a prosodic control rule for speech synthesis including a condition for the punctuation mark incidence based on a plurality of learning data items each concerning prosody and including the punctuation mark incidence.
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