EP1058235A3 - Reproduction method for voice controlled systems with text based speech synthesis - Google Patents

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EP1058235A3
EP1058235A3 EP00108486A EP00108486A EP1058235A3 EP 1058235 A3 EP1058235 A3 EP 1058235A3 EP 00108486 A EP00108486 A EP 00108486A EP 00108486 A EP00108486 A EP 00108486A EP 1058235 A3 EP1058235 A3 EP 1058235A3
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    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L13/00—Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
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The invention specifies a simple reproduction method with improved pronunciation for voice-controlled systems with text-based speech synthesis even when the stored train of characters to be synthesized does not follow the general rules of speech reproduction. According to the invention, the method of "copying" the original spoken input text into the otherwise synthesized reproduction text, which is the current state of the art, is avoided, which will significantly increase the acceptance of the user of the voice-controlled system due to the process invented. More specifically, when there is actual spoken speech input that corresponds to a stored train of characters, the converted train of characters is compared to the speech input before reproduction of the train of characters described phonetically according to general rules and converted to a purely synthetic form. When the converted train of characters is found to deviate from the speech input by a value above a threshold value, at least one variation of the converted train of characters is created. This variation is then output instead of the converted train of characters as long as this variation deviates from the speech input by a value below the threshold value.
EP00108486A 1999-05-05 2000-04-19 Reproduction method for voice controlled systems with text based speech synthesis Expired - Lifetime EP1058235B1 (en)

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