Traffic information apparatus comprising a message memory and a

Details Traffic information apparatus comprising a message memory and a Traffic information apparatus comprising a message memory and a

1996-04-12

1999-10-19

Hudspeth, David R.

Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language

Speech signal processing

Application

704270, G10L 300

Patent

active

059704560

ABSTRACT:
The apparatus comprises a microcontroller (7) which receives codes representing vocabulary elements, a speech synthesizer (20) which generates, in analog form, phonemes for a loudspeaker (5) which correspond to the vocabulary elements represented by said codes, and a vocabulary memory (8, 23) which can be addressed by means of codes.
In accordance with the invention the memory contains, in correspondence with a given code, the ASCII characters of the word or the groups of words designated by this code, to be displayed on a display screen (10), as well as a sequence of digital data which defines the pronunciation thereof. The apparatus comprises means (22, 7, 21) for applying said sequence of digital data to the speech synthesizer (20) when the latter is to supply the loudspeaker (5) with the vocabulary element represented by the code. Moreover, a memory containing proper names and controlled in accordance with the invention is accommodated on a removable card (23).

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Teruo Yasuhiro et al, "An Experimental Speech Synthesis System with Pre-Recorded Words and Phrases for Local Weather Reports", NHK Laboratories Note, pp. 2-14; Jan. 1980.

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