Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for blending synthetic voices
- Patent Title (中): 混合合成声音的系统和方法
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Application No.: US12264622Application Date: 2008-11-04
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Publication No.: US07966186B2Publication Date: 2011-06-21
- Inventor: David A. Kapilow , Kenneth H. Rosen , Juergen Schroeter
- Applicant: David A. Kapilow , Kenneth H. Rosen , Juergen Schroeter
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Main IPC: G10L13/06
- IPC: G10L13/06
Abstract:
A system and method for generating a synthetic text-to-speech TTS voice are disclosed. A user is presented with at least one TTS voice and at least one voice characteristic. A new synthetic TTS voice is generated by blending a plurality of existing TTS voices according to the selected voice characteristics. The blending of voices involves interpolating segmented parameters of each TTS voice. Segmented parameters may be, for example, prosodic characteristics of the speech such as pitch, volume, phone durations, accents, stress, mis-pronunciations and emotion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090063153A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BLENDING SYNTHETIC VOICES Public/Granted day:2009-03-05
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