EP1498872A1 - Procédé et système pour la reproduction audio d'un texte avec des informations émotionelles - Google Patents

Procédé et système pour la reproduction audio d'un texte avec des informations émotionelles Download PDF

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EP1498872A1
EP1498872A1 EP03291765A EP03291765A EP1498872A1 EP 1498872 A1 EP1498872 A1 EP 1498872A1 EP 03291765 A EP03291765 A EP 03291765A EP 03291765 A EP03291765 A EP 03291765A EP 1498872 A1 EP1498872 A1 EP 1498872A1
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Jean Luc Guevel
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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
    • 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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  • the present invention is related to the field of the conversion of text data into voice or speech data, more particularly in connection with so-called Text To Speech systems (TTS).
  • TTS Text To Speech systems
  • the present invention concerns a method and a system for rendering a text in an audio form with a better expressiveness, based on the state of mind of the author at the time of producing said text.
  • the receiver or listener of the message has most of the time no indication of the state of mind, mood or general state of the sender of the message, as the generated audio signal is "flat" and the output voice generally monotone. This can obliterate a great part of the meaning and/or of the strength of the text or message.
  • EP-A-1 102 242 It has been proposed, in EP-A-1 102 242, to personalise the features of the outputting voice. But said personalisation is performed upon the initiative and according to the desires of the receiver or listener, and does not reflect the feelings, the mood or the state of mind of the writer or sender.
  • the main object of the present invention is a method for rendering in an audio form a text using a given Text To Speech system, program or engine, said text including symbolic signs corresponding to the mental, emotional and/or physical state or state of mind of the author and/or sender of said text, method characterised in that it consists in:
  • the inventive method mainly comprises the following steps:
  • the text consists of an e-mail or SMS message
  • the symbolic signs consist of smileys
  • the processable codes are output configuring escape codes belonging to the used TTS system 1.
  • each symbolic sign inserted in the text to be rendered in audio form affects only the output voice for the word, sentence or expression which immediately precedes it, the corresponding escape code being put immediately in front of the corresponding translated audio word, sentence or expression.
  • each symbolic sign inserted in the text to be rendered in audio form affects the output voice for all the words, sentences and/or expressions which precede it up to a respective preceding symbolic sign, the beginning of the text or predetermined Text cutting sign.
  • the method according to the invention can also comprise a previous step of building up a [symbolic signs / TTS processable codes ] translation library, specifically adapted to the possibilities of the used TTS system, i.e. the plurality of codes it is able to process.
  • Said library can be integrated to or be separate from the pretreatment means, and its content can be specifically adapted to the escape codes of the used TTS system and evoluate with the appearance of new symbolic signs and the disappearance of older ones, which have become obsolete.
  • the text to be treated can also comprise symbolic signs which are not is said library.
  • the method can further comprise the step of deleting or inhibiting, during the first treatment, each symbolic sign which cannot be transcribed into a configuration code processable by the TTS system 1.
  • the adjustable or tunable acoustic parameters may comprise parameters selected from the group consisting of volume, rate, pitch, tone or analog utterance or voice intonation characteristics.
  • the present invention also concerns a system 1 for rendering in an audio form a text, said text including symbolic signs corresponding to the mental, emotional and/or physical state or state of mind of the author or sender of said text, system 2.
  • Said system 1 is characterised in that it comprises:
  • system 1 will further comprise adapted mean 9 to implement the method as described herein before.
  • the first software module can or not be integrated into the TTS program.
  • escape codes can be specific codes proposed by a given TTS (such as "Realspeak” for example), can also be generic codes, belonging to the hardware provider.
  • the text to be processed is either passed over directly to the TTS with understandable escape codes, or an adapted particular software module analyses the generic escape codes and calls the configuring functions (for example C language) provided by the target TTS.
  • TTS which does manage escape codes, but does also offer an API
EP03291765A 2003-07-16 2003-07-16 Procédé et système pour la reproduction audio d'un texte avec des informations émotionelles Withdrawn EP1498872A1 (fr)

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