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Prosodic mimic method and apparatus

US8768701B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Nuance Communications, Inc. · US

Inventors

Jordan Cohen · Gloucester, US
Daniel L. Roth · Boston, US
Igor Zlokarnik · Natick, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 8, 2003
Grant date	Jul 1, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 6, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG10L13/04
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for synthesizing audible phrases (words) that includes capturing a spoken utterance, which may be a word, and extracting prosodic information (parameters) there from, then applying the prosodic parameters to a synthesized (nominal) word to produce a prosodic mimic word corresponding to the spoken utterance and the nominal word.

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