Text to speech conversion system and method that distinguishes g

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1998-01-28

2000-01-04

Hudspeth, David R.

Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language

Speech signal processing

Synthesis

704261, 704277, 704275, 704270, 364449, 364443, 434130, G10L 900, G06F 1550

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060120282

ABSTRACT:
The text to speech conversion system distinguishes geographical names based upon the present position and includes a text input unit for inputting text data, a position coordinator input unit for inputting present location information of the text to speech conversion system, and a text normalizer connected to the text input unit and the position coordinator input unit for capable of generating a plurality of pronunciation signals indicative of a plurality of pronunciations for a common portion of the text data, the text normalizer selecting one of the pronunciation signals based upon the present location information.

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