Data processing: speech signal processing – linguistics – language – Speech signal processing – Synthesis
Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-25
2011-01-25
McFadden, Susan (Department: 2626)
Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language
Speech signal processing
Synthesis
Reexamination Certificate
active
07877259
ABSTRACT:
A method of, and system for, acoustically coding text for use in the synthesis of speech from the text. The method includes marking the text to be spoken with one or more graphic symbols to indicate to a speaker a desired prosody to impart to the spoken text. The markups can include grapheme-phoneme pairs each wherein a visible prosodic-indicating grapheme is employed with written text and a corresponding digital phoneme is functional in the digital domain. The invention is useful in the generation of appealing, humanized machine speech for a wide range of applications, including voice mail systems, electronically enabled appliances, automobiles, computers, robotic assistants, games and the like, in spoken books and magazines, drama and other entertainment.
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Gaary Diane
Krebs Nancy
Kur Barry
Marple Gary
Park Sue Ann
K&L Gates LLP
Lessac Technologies, Inc.
McFadden Susan
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