EP0643380A3 - Speech speed conversion method and apparatus. - Google Patents

Speech speed conversion method and apparatus. Download PDF

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EP0643380A3
EP0643380A3 EP94114160A EP94114160A EP0643380A3 EP 0643380 A3 EP0643380 A3 EP 0643380A3 EP 94114160 A EP94114160 A EP 94114160A EP 94114160 A EP94114160 A EP 94114160A EP 0643380 A3 EP0643380 A3 EP 0643380A3
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conversion method
speed conversion
speech speed
speech
speed
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Yoshito Hitachi Koyasud Nejime
Yukio Kumagai
Tadashi Takamiya
Yasunori Kawauchi
Nobuo Hataoka
Juichi Morikawa
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L21/00—Processing of the speech or voice signal to produce another audible or non-audible signal, e.g. visual or tactile, in order to modify its quality or its intelligibility
    • G10L21/04—Time compression or expansion

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computational Linguistics (AREA)
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  • Signal Processing (AREA)
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  • Audiology, Speech & Language Pathology (AREA)
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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Compression, Expansion, Code Conversion, And Decoders (AREA)
  • Transmission Systems Not Characterized By The Medium Used For Transmission (AREA)
EP19940114160 1993-09-10 1994-09-08 Speech speed conversion method and apparatus Expired - Lifetime EP0643380B1 (en)

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JP225449/93 1993-09-10
JP22544993 1993-09-10
JP22544993 1993-09-10
JP16723294 1994-07-19
JP16723294A JPH07129190A (en) 1993-09-10 1994-07-19 Talk speed change method and device and electronic device
JP167232/94 1994-07-19

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EP0643380A2 EP0643380A2 (en) 1995-03-15
EP0643380A3 true EP0643380A3 (en) 1995-05-24
EP0643380B1 EP0643380B1 (en) 1999-11-24

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JP (1) JPH07129190A (en)
CA (1) CA2131730A1 (en)
DE (1) DE69421774T2 (en)

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DE69421774D1 (en) 1999-12-30
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