DE69620399T2 - Sprachsynthese - Google Patents

Sprachsynthese

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DE69620399T2
DE69620399T2 DE69620399T DE69620399T DE69620399T2 DE 69620399 T2 DE69620399 T2 DE 69620399T2 DE 69620399 T DE69620399 T DE 69620399T DE 69620399 T DE69620399 T DE 69620399T DE 69620399 T2 DE69620399 T2 DE 69620399T2
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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
    • G10L13/08—Text analysis or generation of parameters for speech synthesis out of text, e.g. grapheme to phoneme translation, prosody generation or stress or intonation determination

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  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
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  • Compression, Expansion, Code Conversion, And Decoders (AREA)
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