AU2001260460A1 - Speech synthesis from interpolated voices - Google Patents

Speech synthesis from interpolated voices

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AU2001260460A1
AU2001260460A1 AU2001260460A AU6046001A AU2001260460A1 AU 2001260460 A1 AU2001260460 A1 AU 2001260460A1 AU 2001260460 A AU2001260460 A AU 2001260460A AU 6046001 A AU6046001 A AU 6046001A AU 2001260460 A1 AU2001260460 A1 AU 2001260460A1
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voices
interpolated
speech synthesis
speech
synthesis
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Wendy Jane Holmes
Roger Kenneth Moore
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20 20 Speech Ltd
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L13/00—Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
    • G10L13/02—Methods for producing synthetic speech; Speech synthesisers
    • G10L13/04—Details of speech synthesis systems, e.g. synthesiser structure or memory management
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L21/00—Speech or voice signal processing techniques to produce another audible or non-audible signal, e.g. visual or tactile, in order to modify its quality or its intelligibility
    • G10L21/003—Changing voice quality, e.g. pitch or formants
    • G10L21/007—Changing voice quality, e.g. pitch or formants characterised by the process used
    • G10L21/013—Adapting to target pitch
    • G10L2021/0135—Voice conversion or morphing

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computational Linguistics (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Audiology, Speech & Language Pathology (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Electrically Operated Instructional Devices (AREA)
  • Electrophonic Musical Instruments (AREA)
AU2001260460A 2000-05-30 2001-05-30 Speech synthesis from interpolated voices Abandoned AU2001260460A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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GBGB0013241.5A GB0013241D0 (en) 2000-05-30 2000-05-30 Voice synthesis
GB0013241 2000-05-30
PCT/GB2001/002385 WO2001093247A1 (en) 2000-05-30 2001-05-30 Speech synthesis from interpolated voices

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EP (1) EP1285433A1 (en)
AU (1) AU2001260460A1 (en)
GB (1) GB0013241D0 (en)
WO (1) WO2001093247A1 (en)

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