Patent
1995-02-22
1997-12-23
MacDonald, Allen R.
395 214, 395 217, 395 232, 395 273, 395 275, G10L 702
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active
057013900
ABSTRACT:
A method for decoding and synthesizing a synthetic digital speech signal from digital bits of the type produced by dividing a speech signal into frames and encoding the speech signal by an MBE based encoder. The method includes the steps of decoding the bits to provide spectral envelope and voicing information for each of the frames, processing the spectral envelope information to determine regenerated spectral phase information for each of the frames based on local envelope smoothness determining from the voicing information whether frequency bands for a particular frame are voiced or unvoiced. The method further includes synthesizing speech components for voiced frequency bands using the regenerated spectral phase information, synthesizing a speech component representing the speech signal in at least one unvoiced frequency band, and synthesizing the speech signal by combining the synthesized speech components for voiced and unvoiced frequency bands.
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Griffin Daniel W.
Hardwick John C.
Digital Voice Systems, Inc.
MacDonald Allen R.
Smits Talivaldis Ivais
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