Speech synthesis system utilizing variable frame rate

Details Speech synthesis system utilizing variable frame rate Speech synthesis system utilizing variable frame rate

1982-01-25

1984-04-03

Kemeny, E. S. Matt

Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices

Monitoring/measuring of audio devices

Loudspeaker operation

G10L 100

Patent

active

044412010

ABSTRACT:
Speech synthesis system implementable in an integrated circuit device capable of converting frames of speech data at a variable frame rate into analog signals representative of human speech. The frames of speech data comprise digital representations of values of pitch, energy, filter coefficients and coded frame rate data. The speech synthesis system includes a linear predictive coding filter as a speech synthesizer which utilizes the speech data at a varying frame rate to produce digital speech signals representative of human speech. Frames of digital speech data including coded frame rate data are received by an input, with the frame rate data being decoded to control both the rate at which the incoming variable-length frames of speech data are accepted by the speech synthesizer and the number of interpolation calculations required to define interpolated speech values between adjacent incoming frames of speech data. A frame control circuit accomplishes the foregoing utilization of speech data at a variable frame rate by the speech synthesizer by providing for a variable number of interpolation calculations between adjacent speech frames from last implemented speech data in which the number of interpolation calculations in a given instance is determined by the frame rate data. A microprocessor controls the access of selected speech data which is stored in a memory. The system also includes a digital-to-analog converter for converting the digital speech signals produced by the filter into analog signals and a speaker for generating audible sounds in the form of synthesized human speech from the analog signals provided by the digital-to-analog converter.

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