Coarticulation method for audio-visual text-to-speech synthesis

Details Coarticulation method for audio-visual text-to-speech synthesis Coarticulation method for audio-visual text-to-speech synthesis

2006-10-03

2006-10-03

Abebe, Daniel (Department: 2626)

Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language

Speech signal processing

Synthesis

C345S215000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07117155

ABSTRACT:
A method for generating animated sequences of talking heads in text-to-speech applications wherein a processor samples a plurality of frames comprising image samples. Representative parameters are extracted from the image samples and stored in an animation library. The processor also samples a plurality of multiphones comprising images together with their associated sounds. The processor extracts parameters from these images comprising data characterizing mouth shapes, maps, rules, or equations, and stores the resulting parameters and sound information in a coarticulation library. The animated sequence begins with the processor considering an input phoneme sequence, recalling from the coarticulation library parameters associated with that sequence, and selecting appropriate image samples from the animation library based on that sequence. The image samples are concatenated together, and the corresponding sound is output, to form the animated synthesis.

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