Data processing: speech signal processing – linguistics – language – Speech signal processing – Synthesis
Patent
1996-01-09
1998-04-07
Tung, Kee M.
Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language
Speech signal processing
Synthesis
704273, 704270, 704213, 705 26, G10L 502
Patent
active
057377251
ABSTRACT:
A method and system for automatically generating at least one new voice file corresponding to at least one new text from a script incorporating a plurality of known text having corresponding preexisting voice files associated therewith. A plurality of phonetic sequences corresponding to the plurality of known text is stored in a first memory. A text input corresponding to a textual version of the script is provided and a text-to-phonetic translator translates the text input to obtain a corresponding textual phonetic sequence based on the plurality of phonetic sequences stored in the first memory. An audio input of the script is provided and a speech recognizer generates an audio phonetic sequence of the audio input. A text-to-speech aligner aligns the text input and the corresponding textual phonetic sequence with the audio input and the corresponding audio phonetic sequence to obtain an alignment of the text input and the audio input. The at least one new voice file is generated based on the alignment. The at least one new voice file may be stored in a second memory with the plurality of pre-existing voice files for use with a concatenated voice playback system.
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Tung Kee M.
U S WEST Marketing Resources Group, Inc.
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