AU692238B2 - Speech synthesis - Google Patents

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AU692238B2
AU692238B2 AU18995/95A AU1899595A AU692238B2 AU 692238 B2 AU692238 B2 AU 692238B2 AU 18995/95 A AU18995/95 A AU 18995/95A AU 1899595 A AU1899595 A AU 1899595A AU 692238 B2 AU692238 B2 AU 692238B2
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Andrew Lowry
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British Telecommunications PLC
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G10MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10LSPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L13/00Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
    • G10L13/08Text analysis or generation of parameters for speech synthesis out of text, e.g. grapheme to phoneme translation, prosody generation or stress or intonation determination
    • G10L13/10Prosody rules derived from text; Stress or intonation
    • GPHYSICS
    • G10MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10LSPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L13/00Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
    • G10L13/02Methods for producing synthetic speech; Speech synthesisers
    • G10L13/04Details of speech synthesis systems, e.g. synthesiser structure or memory management
    • GPHYSICS
    • G10MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10LSPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L21/00Speech 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
    • G10L21/02Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation
    • G10L21/0208Noise filtering
    • G10L21/0264Noise filtering characterised by the type of parameter measurement, e.g. correlation techniques, zero crossing techniques or predictive techniques

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  • Computational Linguistics (AREA)
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  • Audiology, Speech & Language Pathology (AREA)
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  • Compression, Expansion, Code Conversion, And Decoders (AREA)
  • Signal Processing Not Specific To The Method Of Recording And Reproducing (AREA)
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  • Measurement Of Mechanical Vibrations Or Ultrasonic Waves (AREA)
AU18995/95A 1994-03-18 1995-03-17 Speech synthesis Ceased AU692238B2 (en)

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EP94301953 1994-03-18
EP94301953 1994-03-18
SG1996003308A SG43076A1 (en) 1994-03-18 1994-03-18 Speech synthesis
PCT/GB1995/000588 WO1995026024A1 (en) 1994-03-18 1995-03-17 Speech synthesis

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AU692238B2 true AU692238B2 (en) 1998-06-04

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EP (1) EP0750778B1 (ja)
JP (1) JPH09510554A (ja)
CN (1) CN1144008A (ja)
AU (1) AU692238B2 (ja)
CA (1) CA2185134C (ja)
DE (1) DE69519086T2 (ja)
ES (1) ES2152390T3 (ja)
NZ (1) NZ282012A (ja)
SG (1) SG43076A1 (ja)
WO (1) WO1995026024A1 (ja)

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JP3093113B2 (ja) * 1994-09-21 2000-10-03 日本アイ・ビー・エム株式会社 音声合成方法及びシステム
DE69509555T2 (de) * 1994-11-25 1999-09-02 Fink Verfahren zur veränderung eines sprachsignales mittels grundfrequenzmanipulation
EP1019906B1 (en) * 1997-01-27 2004-06-16 Entropic Research Laboratory Inc. A system and methodology for prosody modification
CN104205213B (zh) * 2012-03-23 2018-01-05 西门子公司 语音信号处理方法及装置以及使用其的助听器
JP6446993B2 (ja) * 2014-10-20 2019-01-09 ヤマハ株式会社 音声制御装置およびプログラム

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US5163110A (en) * 1990-08-13 1992-11-10 First Byte Pitch control in artificial speech

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US5163110A (en) * 1990-08-13 1992-11-10 First Byte Pitch control in artificial speech

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DE69519086T2 (de) 2001-05-10
DE69519086D1 (de) 2000-11-16
EP0750778A1 (en) 1997-01-02
CA2185134C (en) 2001-04-24
JPH09510554A (ja) 1997-10-21
CN1144008A (zh) 1997-02-26
WO1995026024A1 (en) 1995-09-28
ES2152390T3 (es) 2001-02-01
AU1899595A (en) 1995-10-09
SG43076A1 (en) 1997-10-17
EP0750778B1 (en) 2000-10-11
NZ282012A (en) 1997-05-26
CA2185134A1 (en) 1995-09-28

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