Voice-generating method and apparatus using discrete voice data

Details Voice-generating method and apparatus using discrete voice data Voice-generating method and apparatus using discrete voice data

1997-03-31

1999-01-26

Dorvil, Richemond

Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language

Speech signal processing

Synthesis

704270, G10L 504

Patent

active

058648143

ABSTRACT:
An information communication system, having host and remote terminal devices, and method for generating a voice in which one voice tone data is selected from a plurality of types of voice tone data and stored according to received voice generating information. The voice is reproduced by generating a voice waveform according to a meter pattern and selected voice tone data. The discrete voice data may be presented for either one or both of velocity and pitch of a voice correlated to a time lag between discrete voice data. The discrete data is dispensed so that each voice data is not dependent on a time lag between phonemes and at the same time is present at a level relative to a reference value. Voice tone data indicating a sound parameter for each voice element such as a phoneme for each voice tone type is stored in a voice tone data storing section in a terminal device. File information is transferred from a host device to a terminal device according to a request from the terminal device, and the terminal device reads out voice tone data specified by the voice-generating information in the file information thereto from a voice tone storing section. A voice is synthesized according to the voice tone data and the voice generating information.

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