Abstract:
Circuit for sensing two signals and producing an output when the signals are in sequence, with resetting means to inhibit the output after a specific time interval has elapsed between the two signals or whenever an intervening other signal occurs.
Abstract:
A METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR SYNTHESIZING SPEECH FROM PHONEMES ARE DESCRIBED. THE SMOOTH TRANSITION OF ONE PHONEME INTO THE NEXT IS ACCOMPLISHED BY A TIMEWISE TRUNCATION OF THE END OF THE LEADING PHONEME AND OF THE BEGINNING OF THE FOLLOWING PHONEME SO THAT THE FORMANTS ARE CONTINUOUS OVER THE JUNCTION. THE APPARATUS DESCRIBED STORES PHONEMES IN EITHER A DIGITAL OR AN ANALOG MANNER TO PERMIT THIER RETRIEVAL, STARTING AND STOPPING THE RETRIEVAL SO THAT THE DESIRED TRUNCATION IS ACHIEVED. THE INVENTION HEREIN DESCRIBED WAS MADE IN THE COURSE OF OR UNDER A CONTRACT OR SUBCONTRACT THEREUNDER WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR