Data processing: speech signal processing – linguistics – language – Speech signal processing – Synthesis
Reexamination Certificate
2009-12-23
2011-12-06
Albertalli, Brian (Department: 2626)
Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language
Speech signal processing
Synthesis
C704S009000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08073694
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed are various elements of a toolkit used for generating a TTS voice for use in a spoken dialog system. The invention in each case may be in the form of the system, a computer-readable medium or a method for generating the TTS voice. An embodiment of the invention relates to a method for preparing a text-to-speech (TTS) voice for testing and verification. The method comprises processing a TTS voice to be ready for testing, synthesizing words utilizing the TTS voice, presenting to a person a smallest possible subset that contains at least N instances of a group of units in the TTS voice, receiving information from the person associated with corrections needed to the TTS voice and making corrections to the TTS voice according to the received information.
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Davis Steven Lawrence
Fetters Shane
Gustafson Beverly
Loney Louise
Schulz David Eugene
Albertalli Brian
AT&T Intellectual Property II L.P.
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