HK1008599A1 - Waveform speech synthesis - Google Patents

Waveform speech synthesis

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HK1008599A1
HK1008599A1 HK98109487A HK98109487A HK1008599A1 HK 1008599 A1 HK1008599 A1 HK 1008599A1 HK 98109487 A HK98109487 A HK 98109487A HK 98109487 A HK98109487 A HK 98109487A HK 1008599 A1 HK1008599 A1 HK 1008599A1
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Prior art keywords
speech synthesis
waveform
waveform speech
synthesis
speech
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HK98109487A
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Andrew Lowry
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British Telecomm
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G10MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10LSPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L13/00Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
    • G10L13/06Elementary speech units used in speech synthesisers; Concatenation rules
    • G10L13/07Concatenation rules

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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)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Electrophonic Musical Instruments (AREA)
  • Manufacture Of Motors, Generators (AREA)
HK98109487A 1995-04-12 1998-07-28 Waveform speech synthesis HK1008599A1 (en)

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EP95302474 1995-04-12
PCT/GB1996/000817 WO1996032711A1 (en) 1995-04-12 1996-04-03 Waveform speech synthesis

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JP (1) JP4112613B2 (xx)
CN (1) CN1145926C (xx)
AU (1) AU707489B2 (xx)
CA (1) CA2189666C (xx)
DE (1) DE69615832T2 (xx)
HK (1) HK1008599A1 (xx)
NO (1) NO974701L (xx)
NZ (1) NZ304418A (xx)
WO (1) WO1996032711A1 (xx)

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