Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for automatically converting voice
- Patent Title (中): 自动转换语音的方法和装置
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Application No.: US12181553Application Date: 2008-07-29
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Publication No.: US08170878B2Publication Date: 2012-05-01
- Inventor: Yi Liu , Yong Qin , Qin Shi , Zhi Wei Shuang
- Applicant: Yi Liu , Yong Qin , Qin Shi , Zhi Wei Shuang
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent William Stock; Anne Vachon Dougherty
- Main IPC: G10L19/00
- IPC: G10L19/00

Abstract:
The invention proposes a method and apparatus for significantly improving the quality of voice morphing and guaranteeing the similarity of converted voice. The invention sets several standard speakers in a TTS database, and selects the voices of different standard speakers for speech synthesis according to different roles, wherein the voice of the selected standard speaker is similar to the original role to a certain extent. Then the invention further performs voice morphing on the standard voice similar to the original voice to a certain extent, in order to accurately mimic the voice of the original speaker, so as to make the converted voice closer to the original voice features while guaranteeing the similarity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090037179A1 Method and Apparatus for Automatically Converting Voice Public/Granted day:2009-02-05
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