Data processing: speech signal processing – linguistics – language – Speech signal processing – Synthesis
Patent
1996-05-21
1998-11-24
Hudspeth, David R.
Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language
Speech signal processing
Synthesis
704276, G10L 502
Patent
active
058421670
ABSTRACT:
A speech synthesis apparatus for synthesizing speech from text data, having a voice characteristic, a tone, a rhythm, etc. which corresponds to the contents of edition on the text data displayed on a screen, by converting a volume, a speed, a pitch, a voice characteristic, etc. of a voice on judging the contents of the edition, such as an edition of a size, a spacing, a font and so on of a character, on the text data displayed on a screen.
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Izumi Takashi
Miyatake Masanori
Ochiiwa Masashi
Ohnishi Hiroki
Takeda Shoji
Hudspeth David R.
Sanyo Electric Co,. Ltd.
Wieland Susan
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