Speech synthesizer, speech synthesizing method, and program

Details Speech synthesizer, speech synthesizing method, and program Speech synthesizer, speech synthesizing method, and program

2007-04-12

2008-11-18

Vo, Huyen X. (Department: 2626)

Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language

Speech signal processing

Recognition

C704S258000, C704S260000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07454343

ABSTRACT:
A speech synthesizer that provides high-quality sound along with stable sound quality, including: a target parameter generation unit; a speech element DB; an element selection unit; a mixed parameter judgment unit which determines an optimum parameter combination of target parameters and speech elements; a parameter integration unit which integrates the parameters; and a waveform generation unit which generates synthetic speech. High-quality and stable synthetic speech is generated by combining, per parameter dimension, the parameters with stable sound quality generated by the target parameter generation unit with speech elements with high sound quality and a sense of true speech selected by the element selection unit.

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