Method and apparatus for sculpting synthesized speech
US8527281B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 29, 2012 |
| Grant date | Sep 3, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 29, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L13/06
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and systems for sculpting synthesized speech using a graphic user interface are disclosed. An operator enters a stream of text that is used to produce a stream of target phonetic-units. The stream of target phonetic-units is then submitted to a unit-selection process to produce a stream of selected phonetic-units, each selected phonetic-unit derived from a database of sample phonetic-units. After the stream of sample phonetic-units is selected, an operator can remove various selected phonetic-units from the stream of selected phonetic-units, prune the sample phonetic-database and edit various cost functions using the graphic user interface. The edited speech information can then be submitted to the unit-selection process to produce a second stream of selected phonetic-units.
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