Application of emotion-based intonation and prosody to speech in text-to-speech systems
AssigneeIBM Corporation
InventorEllen M. Eide
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Abstract
A text-to-speech system that includes an arrangement for accepting text input, an arrangement for providing synthetic speech output, and an arrangement for imparting emotion-based features to synthetic speech output. The arrangement for imparting emotion-based features includes an arrangement for accepting instruction for imparting at least one emotion-based paradigm to synthetic speech output, as well as an arrangement for applying at least one emotion-based paradigm to synthetic speech output.
Claims19
A text-to-speech system comprising:
- an arrangement for accepting text input;
- an arrangement for providing synthetic speech output;
- an arrangement for imparting emotion-based features to synthetic speech output;
- said arrangement for imparting emotion-based features comprising:
- an arrangement for accepting instruction for imparting at least one emotion-based paradigm to synthetic speech output;
- and
- an arrangement for applying at least one emotion-based paradigm to synthetic speech output.
A method of converting text to speech, said method comprising the steps of:
- accepting text input;
- providing synthetic speech output;
- imparting emotion-based features to synthetic speech output;
- said step of imparting emotion-based features comprising:
- accepting instruction for imparting at least one emotion-based paradigm to synthetic speech output;
- and
- applying at least one emotion-based paradigm to synthetic speech output.
A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for converting text to speech, said method comprising the steps of:
- accepting text input;
- providing synthetic speech output;
- imparting emotion-based features to synthetic speech output;
- said step of imparting emotion-based features comprising:
- accepting instruction for imparting at least one emotion-based paradigm to synthetic speech output;
- and
- applying at least one emotion-based paradigm to synthetic speech output.
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