Methods for controlling the generation of speech from text repre

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1997-01-29

1998-03-24

Hafiz, Tariq R.

Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language

Speech signal processing

Synthesis

704258, 704266, 704267, G10L 502

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active

057323950

ABSTRACT:
Improved automated synthesis of human audible speech from text is disclosed. Performance enhancement of the underlying text comprehensibility is obtained through prosodic treatment of the synthesized material, improved speaking rate treatment, and improved methods of spelling words or terms for the system user. Prosodic shaping of text sequences appropriate for the discourse in large groupings of text segments, with prosodic boundaries developed to indicate conceptual units within the text groupings, is implemented in a preferred embodiment.

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