KR20010016163A - Telephone system with speech synthesizer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A telephone system using a synthesizer is provided to transmit an intension using only input of a text in a speaking handicapped person or a person who does not want a speaking. CONSTITUTION: A synthesizer module(16) and a text input unit(17) are connected to a general telephone for transmitting a synthesized voice through a telephone network. The synthesizer module(16) and the text input unit(17) are further comprised in a telephone(60) for normally talking over the telephone(60) and talking over the telephone according to an input of a text.

Description

Phone system using voice synthesizer {TELEPHONE SYSTEM WITH SPEECH SYNTHESIZER}

The present invention relates to a telephone system using a text synthesizer (TTS; Text-To-Speech), and more particularly, by providing a text input means and a speech synthesizer in a terminal for a telephone call, and inputs contents to be called as text. The voice synthesizer relates to a telephone system capable of synthesizing the contents into voice and delivering the synthesized sound to a counterpart through a conventional telephone network or the Internet.

In recent years, the synthesis of speech synthesis technology enables the generation of more natural synthesized sounds, which are widely applied to Internet services, Unified Messaging Systems (UMS), and education. Among the Internet services, a service that listens to the contents of an e-mail in a synthetic voice or a service that reads the contents of a web page may cause inconvenience in reading the contents in a small LCD screen such as a mobile communication terminal. It is a very useful service for people with starting disabilities.

However, in the services or products to which the voice synthesizer is applied, the products or services that can be used to transmit or receive their voice by means of telephone call in real time by the disabled or the general public who do not want to speak to the present There is no development yet. Moreover, there was no way for a person with difficulty in speech to communicate with the other party using a regular telephone, such as a landline or wireless (including mobile) telephone. That is, until now, people with speech disorders cannot make phone calls with the other party using the existing telephone system.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a telephone system capable of making a phone call while a person with a speech disorder or a general person who does not want to speak communicates his or her intention only by inputting text.

1 is a system block diagram showing an embodiment of a telephone system using a voice synthesizer according to the present invention.

2 is a system block diagram showing another embodiment of a telephone system using a voice synthesizer according to the present invention.

3 is a system block diagram showing another embodiment of a telephone system using a voice synthesizer according to the present invention.

4 is a system block diagram showing another embodiment of a telephone system using a voice synthesizer according to the present invention.

5 is a system block diagram showing another embodiment of a telephone system using a voice synthesizer according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

10: Computer with speech synthesizer 11: Speech synthesizer Miscellaneous computer 16: Speech synthesizer

17: text input unit 20: Internet network 30: Internet phone server

35: Internet phone server with voice synthesizer 40: Internet phone gateway

50: telephone network (PSTN) 60: regular telephone 61: telephone with modem

The telephone system using the voice synthesizer according to the present invention devised to achieve the above technical problem is

Public telephone network (PSTN) or wireless communication network; A communication terminal capable of a telephone call through the public telephone network or a wireless communication network; a voice synthesizer for outputting an analog voice signal so as to be input to a communication terminal of the communication terminal by replacing the microphone of the communication terminal during a telephone call; A text input unit which allows a talker to input contents corresponding to a voice in a text form;

Characterized in that comprises a.

The communication terminal and the voice synthesizer may be provided in a personal computer. That is, a conventional wired or wireless telephone circuit is provided in a computer main body, connected to the public telephone network or a wireless communication network, and a voice synthesizer is installed in a computer to make a voice synthesis call on a computer via a public telephone network or a wireless communication network. You can do it.

In addition, the voice synthesizer and the text input unit may be provided in a conventional general landline telephone. That is, a circuit module provided with a text input keyboard and a voice synthesizer can be added to a general wired telephone to use only the wired telephone in the same manner as the conventional method, and to input only the conversation contents of the talker as text.

Technical problem of the present invention is a telephone system using a voice synthesizer public telephone network (PSTN) or wireless communication network; An Internet telephone gateway provided between the public telephone network or the wireless communication network and the Internet; An Internet phone server connected to the Internet and capable of providing an Internet phone service through the Internet phone gateway to a subscriber; A computer having a sound card and capable of connecting to the Internet phone server via the Internet; A voice synthesizer provided in the computer and outputting an analog voice signal to be input to a voice signal input terminal of the sound card by substituting a conventional microphone during an internet phone call; A text input unit for allowing a talker to input contents corresponding to a voice to be synthesized by the voice synthesizer in a text form;

It can also be achieved by including a configuration.

Technical problem of the present invention is a telephone system using a voice synthesizer

Public telephone network (PSTN) or wireless communication network; An Internet telephone gateway provided between the public telephone network or the wireless communication network and the Internet; An Internet phone server connected to the Internet and capable of providing an Internet phone service through the Internet phone gateway to a subscriber; Text data transmission means for transmitting text data to the Internet phone server through the Internet; A text input unit for inputting a conversation content to be spoken by the talker in a text form during an internet phone call; A voice synthesizer provided in the internet phone server and configured to synthesize text data of a caller transmitted from the computer into an internet protocol voice signal during an internet phone call;

It can also be achieved by including a configuration.

As the text data transmission means, a personal computer having a modem may be used.

As the text data transmission means, a telephone having a modem may be used.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail.

The telephone system using the voice synthesizer according to the present invention can be implemented using a conventional public telephone network (PSTN) or a wireless network as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, but as shown in Figs. It can also be implemented by using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).

1 shows a conventional telephone network by installing a voice synthesizer in a personal computer 10 of a telephone system using a voice synthesizer according to the present invention and directly inputting analog synthesized sound into a telephone terminal of a telephone circuit built into the computer. 50 is a block diagram showing a telephone system using a voice synthesizer of a method of transmitting through a PSTN (wireless network).

To this end, it is necessary to incorporate a conventional wired telephone circuit or a wireless telephone circuit into a computer. In recent years, computer built-in telephone circuits have been widely used. Such telephone circuits can be adopted as they are. When the caller inputs the contents of the call using the computer keyboard while listening to the other party's voice by using the earpiece or the headset, the synthesized sound synthesized by the voice synthesizer is input to the call terminal of the telephone circuit, thereby making a general telephone call. You can proceed with the call similarly.

2 is connected to a general voice telephone module 16 and the text input unit 17 of the telephone system using a voice synthesizer according to the present invention, the telephone system using a voice synthesizer of the method of transmitting a synthesized voice over the telephone network Is a block diagram.

The conventional telephone 60 is further provided with a voice synthesizer 16 and a text input unit 17 to enable normal voice telephone calls as well as to make a telephone call by text input as needed. have.

As in Fig. 1, the telephone system using the voice synthesizer shown in Fig. 2 also directly inputs the analog voice output of the voice synthesizer to the talk terminal of the telephone.

Figure 3 is a telephone system using a voice synthesizer of the voice synthesizer installed in the telephone system of the voice synthesizer according to the present invention and transmitting the synthesized synthesized sound through the Internet Protocol (IP; Internet Protocol) A block diagram of the system.

Rather than inputting the talker's talks into the sound card of a computer through a microphone as a voice, the talker's talks are input into a text form through a keyboard and synthesized by the voice synthesizer into voice and input into the sound card of the computer. It is distinguished from a conventional internet phone in that respect.

In general, the Internet phone service is provided by a separate telecommunications provider, and as shown in FIG. 3, the telecommunications telecommunications provider has an Internet telephone gateway (VoIP) 40 for connecting the Internet and a conventional telephone network for the Internet phone service. Internet phone server 30 for the management of subscribers, etc. is provided and operated. Data transmission and control between the Internet phone server and the Internet phone gateway may be provided with a dedicated line as shown in Figs. 3 to 5, but it is well known that a web server may be provided through the Internet. The present invention can use such a conventional Internet phone service as it is.

4 is installed in the Internet phone server 35 of the telephone system using the voice synthesizer according to the present invention, the user is equipped with a voice synthesizer when the user inputs and transmits the text as a text in his computer 11 Is a block diagram of a telephone system using a voice synthesizer of a method of synthesizing a text received from a user from the Internet phone server 35 and transmitting the text to the Internet phone telephone gateway 40. As shown in FIG. 4, when the voice synthesizer is mounted on the Internet phone server, the text is transmitted from the user's computer (PC) to the Internet protocol (IP) and the text is synthesized by the Internet phone server. After switching to voice, voice call can be made with the other party.

In this way, individual users can connect to the Internet phone server without having to purchase a voice synthesizer to make a phone call by text.

5 is a text input module 17 and the text data input from the text input module 17 to facilitate the text input to the general telephone 61 of the telephone system using the voice synthesizer according to the present invention to the Internet 20 A modem capable of transmitting to the Internet phone server is provided, and when the user transmits a call content input as text for a phone call to the Internet network, the Internet phone server 35 synthesizes text to the Internet phone gateway. This is a block diagram of a telephone system using a voice synthesizer of the type transmitted to a. In the case of using a general telephone as described above, as shown in FIG. 5, the text input unit and the voice synthesizer 16 are connected to the existing telephone, and instead of transmitting the contents spoken by the person in the general telephone, the voice synthesis sound is input for the text input. Real time call is possible by sending.

The configuration of the telephone system using such a voice synthesizer is convenient to make a telephone call through a conventional telephone network using a single telephone at home, and to make an Internet protocol telephone call through the Internet as necessary.

The telephone system using the voice synthesizer according to the present invention described above may be implemented using an auxiliary program executed in a personal computer or a computer for a server and a voice synthesizer that has been widely used, and the program codes and segments are disclosed in the present invention. It can be easily inferred from the technical idea by programmers in the art.

As described above, embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and the scope of the present invention extends to the range substantially equivalent to one embodiment of the present invention.

According to the present invention, it is possible to make a real-time voice telephone call with a text only to a speech-impaired person who has had difficulty in making a telephone call by a conventional method, and it is difficult to make a phone call to the general public as well as the speech-disabled person or to hear the contents of his conversation If you do not want to be a useful means of phone calls.

Claims (7)

Public telephone network (PSTN) or wireless communication network; A communication terminal capable of a telephone call through the public telephone network or a wireless communication network; A voice synthesizer for outputting an analog voice signal so as to be input to the call terminal of the communication terminal by replacing the microphone of the communication terminal during a telephone call; A text input unit for allowing a talker to input contents corresponding to a voice to be synthesized by the voice synthesizer in a text form; Phone call system, characterized in that configured to include. The telephone call system according to claim 1, wherein the communication terminal and the voice synthesizer are provided in a personal computer. The telephone call system according to claim 1, wherein the voice synthesizer and the text input unit are provided in a general landline telephone. Public telephone network (PSTN) or wireless communication network; An Internet telephone gateway provided between the public telephone network or the wireless communication network and the Internet; An Internet phone server connected to the Internet and capable of providing an Internet phone service through the Internet phone gateway to a subscriber; A computer having a sound card and capable of connecting to the Internet phone server via the Internet; A voice synthesizer provided in the computer and outputting an analog voice signal so as to be input to a voice signal input terminal of the sound card in place of a conventional microphone during an internet phone call; A text input unit for allowing a talker to input contents corresponding to a voice to be synthesized by the voice synthesizer in a text form; Phone call system, characterized in that configured to include. Public telephone network (PSTN) or wireless communication network; An Internet telephone gateway provided between the public telephone network or the wireless communication network and the Internet; An Internet phone server connected to the Internet and capable of providing an Internet phone service through the Internet phone gateway to a subscriber; Text data transmission means for transmitting text data to the Internet phone server through the Internet; A text input unit for inputting a conversation content to be spoken by the talker in a text form during an internet phone call; A voice synthesizer provided in the internet phone server and configured to synthesize text data of a caller transmitted from the computer into an internet protocol voice signal during an internet phone call; Phone call system, characterized in that configured to include. 6. A telephone call system according to claim 5, wherein said text data transmission means is a personal computer having a modem. 6. A telephone call system according to claim 5, wherein said text data transmission means is a telephone equipped with a modem.