EP1246163A3 - Speech synthesis method and speech synthesizer - Google Patents

Speech synthesis method and speech synthesizer Download PDF

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EP1246163A3
EP1246163A3 EP02252159A EP02252159A EP1246163A3 EP 1246163 A3 EP1246163 A3 EP 1246163A3 EP 02252159 A EP02252159 A EP 02252159A EP 02252159 A EP02252159 A EP 02252159A EP 1246163 A3 EP1246163 A3 EP 1246163A3
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Masami C/O Intellectual Property Div. Akamine
Takehiko c/o Intellectual Property Div Kagoshima
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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
    • G10L13/02—Methods for producing synthetic speech; Speech synthesisers
    • G10L13/027—Concept to speech synthesisers; Generation of natural phrases from machine-based concepts
    • 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
    • G10L13/02—Methods for producing synthetic speech; Speech synthesisers
    • G10L13/04—Details of speech synthesis systems, e.g. synthesiser structure or memory management
    • 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
    • G10L25/27—Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups G10L15/00 - G10L21/00 characterised by the analysis technique

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Abstract

A speech synthesis method comprises selecting a predetermined formant parameters from formant parameters according to a pitch pattern, phoneme duration, and phoneme symbol string, generating a plurality of sine waves based on formant frequency and formant phase of the formant parameters selected, multiplying the sine waves by windowing functions of the selected formant parameters, respectively, to generate a plurality of formant waveforms, adding the formant waveforms to generate a plurality of pitch waveforms, and superposing the pitch waveforms according to a pitch period to generate a speech signal.
EP02252159A 2001-03-26 2002-03-26 Speech synthesis method and speech synthesizer Expired - Lifetime EP1246163B1 (en)

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JP2001087041 2001-03-26
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JP2002077096A JP3732793B2 (en) 2001-03-26 2002-03-19 Speech synthesis method, speech synthesis apparatus, and recording medium

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