GB2325599B - Method device and system for generating speech synthesis parameters from information including an explicit representation of intonation - Google Patents

Method device and system for generating speech synthesis parameters from information including an explicit representation of intonation

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GB2325599B
GB2325599B GB9811008A GB9811008A GB2325599B GB 2325599 B GB2325599 B GB 2325599B GB 9811008 A GB9811008 A GB 9811008A GB 9811008 A GB9811008 A GB 9811008A GB 2325599 B GB2325599 B GB 2325599B
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intonation
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speech synthesis
method device
synthesis parameters
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Gerald E Corrigan
Noel Massey
Orhan Karaali
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Motorola Solutions Inc
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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
    • 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
    • G10L25/30—Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups G10L15/00 - G10L21/00 characterised by the analysis technique using neural networks

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computational Linguistics (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Audiology, Speech & Language Pathology (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
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GB9811008A 1997-05-22 1998-05-21 Method device and system for generating speech synthesis parameters from information including an explicit representation of intonation Expired - Fee Related GB2325599B (en)

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EP0833304A2 (en) * 1996-09-30 1998-04-01 Microsoft Corporation Prosodic databases holding fundamental frequency templates for use in speech synthesis
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WO1994007238A1 (en) * 1992-09-23 1994-03-31 Emerson & Stern Associates, Inc. Method and apparatus for speech synthesis
US5652828A (en) * 1993-03-19 1997-07-29 Nynex Science & Technology, Inc. Automated voice synthesis employing enhanced prosodic treatment of text, spelling of text and rate of annunciation
US5727120A (en) * 1995-01-26 1998-03-10 Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. Apparatus for electronically generating a spoken message
EP0831460A2 (en) * 1996-09-24 1998-03-25 Nippon Telegraph And Telephone Corporation Speech synthesis method utilizing auxiliary information
EP0833304A2 (en) * 1996-09-30 1998-04-01 Microsoft Corporation Prosodic databases holding fundamental frequency templates for use in speech synthesis
WO1998019297A1 (en) * 1996-10-30 1998-05-07 Motorola Inc. Method, device and system for generating segment durations in a text-to-speech system

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