Circuit for electronic speech synthesis

Details Circuit for electronic speech synthesis Circuit for electronic speech synthesis

1983-05-04

1987-09-15

Shaw, Gareth D.

Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices

Monitoring/measuring of audio devices

Loudspeaker operation

G10L 500

Patent

active

046944966

ABSTRACT:
A circuit for electronically synthesizing speech has an audio generator for representing voiced sounds and a noise generator for representing voiceless sounds and a means for selecting significant parameters of the various speech elements by sampling and a means for storing those parameters. The circuit also includes a filter unit comprised of a number of individual filters and a means for selectively driving only those individual filters having filter coefficients necessary for representing the significant parameters of the particular speech element to be synthesized. The filters can be utilized individually or combined into selected groups in order to generate longer speech segments. The electronic signal at the output of the filter unit is edited for acoustically reproducing the desired speech elements and segments.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2060321 (1936-11-01), Asada et al.
patent: 2121142 (1938-06-01), Dudley
patent: 2194298 (1940-03-01), Dudley
patent: 2881257 (1959-04-01), Weibel
patent: 3624301 (1971-11-01), Richeson
patent: 3836717 (1974-09-01), Gagnon
patent: 3997973 (1976-12-01), Buss
patent: 4236434 (1980-12-01), Nishibe
patent: 4454609 (1984-06-01), Kates
patent: 4475228 (1984-10-01), Vickers
"Talk to Computers," Baumann, Elektor, vol. 7, No. 5, pp. 17-19.
"Speech Syntheses by Linear Interpolation of Spectral Parameters Between Dyad Boundaries," Shadle et al, J. Acoust. Soc. Am 66(5), Nov. 1979, pp. 1325-1332.
"Aspects of Formant Speech Synthesis," Sapozhkov, Telecom. and Radio Eng., vol. 25/26, No. 3, Mar. 1971, pp. 4-13.
"Speech Analysis Synthesis and Perception", (2nd Edition), Flanagan, 1972, pp. 339-348, 367-370, 390-395.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Circuit for electronic speech synthesis does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Circuit for electronic speech synthesis, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Circuit for electronic speech synthesis will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1390399