CA1070018A - Voice synthesizer - Google Patents
Voice synthesizerInfo
- Publication number
- CA1070018A CA1070018A CA230,923A CA230923A CA1070018A CA 1070018 A CA1070018 A CA 1070018A CA 230923 A CA230923 A CA 230923A CA 1070018 A CA1070018 A CA 1070018A
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- CA
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- Prior art keywords
- signal
- control
- output
- phoneme
- duty cycle
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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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
- G10L25/00—Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups G10L15/00 - G10L21/00
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- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Computational Linguistics (AREA)
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- Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
- Audiology, Speech & Language Pathology (AREA)
- Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
- Multimedia (AREA)
- Electrophonic Musical Instruments (AREA)
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Applications Claiming Priority (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| US486506A US3908085A (en) | 1974-07-08 | 1974-07-08 | Voice synthesizer |
Publications (1)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| CA1070018A true CA1070018A (en) | 1980-01-15 |
Family
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Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA230,923A Expired CA1070018A (en) | 1974-07-08 | 1975-07-07 | Voice synthesizer |
Country Status (6)
| Country | Link |
|---|---|
| US (1) | US3908085A (enExample) |
| JP (1) | JPS5140007A (enExample) |
| CA (1) | CA1070018A (enExample) |
| DE (1) | DE2530380A1 (enExample) |
| FR (1) | FR2278127A1 (enExample) |
| GB (1) | GB1519004A (enExample) |
Families Citing this family (21)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB1541429A (en) * | 1975-12-19 | 1979-02-28 | Int Computers Ltd | Speech synthesising apparatus |
| US4128737A (en) * | 1976-08-16 | 1978-12-05 | Federal Screw Works | Voice synthesizer |
| US4301328A (en) * | 1976-08-16 | 1981-11-17 | Federal Screw Works | Voice synthesizer |
| JPS5359190A (en) * | 1976-11-08 | 1978-05-27 | Hokushin Electric Works | Air type adjusting meter |
| US4179584A (en) * | 1977-02-28 | 1979-12-18 | Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha | Synthetic-speech calculators |
| US4344148A (en) * | 1977-06-17 | 1982-08-10 | Texas Instruments Incorporated | System using digital filter for waveform or speech synthesis |
| US4209844A (en) * | 1977-06-17 | 1980-06-24 | Texas Instruments Incorporated | Lattice filter for waveform or speech synthesis circuits using digital logic |
| US4210781A (en) * | 1977-12-16 | 1980-07-01 | Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. | Sound synthesizing apparatus |
| US4163120A (en) * | 1978-04-06 | 1979-07-31 | Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated | Voice synthesizer |
| US4338490A (en) * | 1979-03-30 | 1982-07-06 | Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha | Speech synthesis method and device |
| DE3024009C2 (de) * | 1979-06-25 | 1984-11-29 | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, Osaka | Digitales Filter |
| JPS569898A (en) | 1979-07-02 | 1981-01-31 | Nissan Motor | Sound alarm |
| JPS5650398A (en) | 1979-10-01 | 1981-05-07 | Hitachi Ltd | Sound synthesizer |
| US4289836A (en) * | 1980-03-05 | 1981-09-15 | Lemelson Jerome H | Rechargeable electric battery system |
| US4433210A (en) * | 1980-06-04 | 1984-02-21 | Federal Screw Works | Integrated circuit phoneme-based speech synthesizer |
| US4363050A (en) * | 1980-07-28 | 1982-12-07 | Rca Corporation | Digitized audio record and playback system |
| US4470150A (en) * | 1982-03-18 | 1984-09-04 | Federal Screw Works | Voice synthesizer with automatic pitch and speech rate modulation |
| US4589132A (en) * | 1982-09-13 | 1986-05-13 | Botbol Joseph M | Emergency synthesized voice generator method and apparatus |
| US5748838A (en) * | 1991-09-24 | 1998-05-05 | Sensimetrics Corporation | Method of speech representation and synthesis using a set of high level constrained parameters |
| US5463715A (en) * | 1992-12-30 | 1995-10-31 | Innovation Technologies | Method and apparatus for speech generation from phonetic codes |
| WO1997036286A1 (en) * | 1996-03-25 | 1997-10-02 | Arcadia, Inc. | Sound source generator, voice synthesizer and voice synthesizing method |
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1974
- 1974-07-08 US US486506A patent/US3908085A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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1975
- 1975-07-02 GB GB27832/75A patent/GB1519004A/en not_active Expired
- 1975-07-07 CA CA230,923A patent/CA1070018A/en not_active Expired
- 1975-07-07 FR FR7521291A patent/FR2278127A1/fr active Granted
- 1975-07-08 JP JP50083888A patent/JPS5140007A/ja active Pending
- 1975-07-08 DE DE19752530380 patent/DE2530380A1/de not_active Ceased
Also Published As
| Publication number | Publication date |
|---|---|
| JPS5140007A (en) | 1976-04-03 |
| FR2278127A1 (fr) | 1976-02-06 |
| DE2530380A1 (de) | 1976-01-22 |
| US3908085A (en) | 1975-09-23 |
| FR2278127B1 (enExample) | 1980-07-11 |
| GB1519004A (en) | 1978-07-26 |
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Legal Events
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