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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroyuki Kimura, Tomoyuki Isonuma, Hironori Goto
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There are provided a voice outputting apparatus, a voice outputting system, a voice outputting method and a storage medium which, when the synthetic voices of a plurality of text data are to be uttered in overlapping relationship with each other, voice-synthesize the plurality of text data with different kinds of voices and to be outputted, thereby enabling the voices of the plurality of text data to be heard easily. The voice outputting apparatus is provided with a voice waveform generating portion for generating the voice waveform of text data, and a voice output portion for causing, when the overlapping of the voice outputs of a plurality of text data is detected, the respective text data to be outputted in different voices, or from discrete speakers, or in voices of different heights.
1-49. (canceled)
A voice synthesizing apparatus for converting text data into a synthetic voice and outputting it, characterized by:
A voice synthesizing apparatus for converting text data into a synthetic voice and outputting it, characterized by voice waveform generating means for generating the voice waveform of said text data, and voice output means for causing respective voices to be outputted from different uttering means when the overlapping of the voice outputs of a plurality of said text data is detected.
A voice synthesizing system provided with a voice output apparatus for converting text data into a synthetic voice and outputting it, and an external apparatus for transmitting said text data to said voice output apparatus, characterized in that said voice output apparatus has voice waveform generating means for generating the voice waveform of said text data, and voice output means for voice-synthesizing a plurality of said text data with different kinds of voices and outputting them.
A voice synthesizing system provided with a voice output apparatus for converting text data into a synthetic voice and outputting it, and an external apparatus for transmitting said text data to said voice output apparatus, characterized in that said voice output apparatus has voice waveform generating means for generating the voice waveform of said text data, and voice output means for causing respective voices to be outputted from different uttering means when the overlapping of the voice outputs of a plurality of said text data is detected.
A voice synthesizing method applied to a voice output apparatus for converting text data into a synthetic voice and outputting it, characterized by the voice waveform generating step of generating the voice waveform of said text data, and the voice outputting step of voice-synthesizing a plurality of said text data with different kinds of voices and outputting them.
A voice synthesizing method applied to a voice synthesizing apparatus for converting text data into a synthetic voice and outputting it, characterized by the voice waveform generating step of generating the voice waveform of said text data, and the voice outputting step of causing respective voices to be outputted from different uttering means when the overlapping of the voice outputs of a plurality of said text data is detected.
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A voice synthesizing apparatus for converting text data into a synthetic voice and outputting it, characterized by:
A voice synthesizing apparatus for converting text data into a synthetic voice and outputting it, characterized by:
A voice synthesizing apparatus for converting text data into a synthetic voice and outputting it, characterized by:
A voice synthesizing system provided with a voice synthesizing apparatus for converting text data into a synthetic voice and outputting it, and an external apparatus for transmitting said text data to said voice synthesizing apparatus, characterized in that said voice synthesizing apparatus has voice waveform generating means for generating the voice waveform of said text data, and voice output means for upping the reproduction speed of the voice waveform and outputting the voice waveform when the overlap of the reproduction timing of the voice waveforms of a plurality of said text data is detected.
A voice synthesizing system provided with a voice synthesizing apparatus for converting text data into a synthetic voice, and an external apparatus for transmitting said text data to said voice synthesizing apparatus, characterized in that said voice synthesizing apparatus has voice waveform generating means for generating the voice waveform of said text data, and voice output means for providing, when voice waveforms concerned with a plurality of said text data are to be reproduced, a predetermined blank period after the termination of the reproduction of a preceding voice waveform and before the start of the reproduction of the next voice waveform.
A voice synthesizing system provided with a voice synthesizing apparatus for converting text data into a synthetic voice and outputting it, and an external apparatus for transmitting said text data to said voice synthesizing apparatus, characterized in that said voice synthesizing apparatus has voice waveform generating means for generating the voice waveform of said text data, and voice output means for reproducing, when voice waveforms concerned with a plurality of said text data are to be reproduced, a prepared specific voice synthesis waveform after the termination of the reproduction of a preceding voice waveform and before the start of the reproduction of the next voice waveform.
A voice synthesizing method applied to a voice synthesizing apparatus for converting text data into a synthetic voice and outputting it, characterized by the voice waveform generating step of generating the voice waveform of said text data, and the voice outputting step of upping the reproduction speed of the voice waveform and outputting the voice waveform when the overlap of the reproduction timing of the voice waveforms of a plurality of said text data is detected.
A voice synthesizing method applied to a voice synthesizing apparatus for converting text data into a synthetic voice and outputting it, characterized by the voice waveform generating step of generating the voice waveform of said text data, and the voice outputting step of providing, when voice waveforms concerned with a plurality of said text data are to be reproduced, a predetermined blank period after the termination of the reproduction of a preceding voice waveform and before the start of the reproduction of the next voice waveform.
A voice synthesizing method applied to a voice synthesizing apparatus for converting text data into a synthetic voice and outputting it, characterized by the voice waveform generating step of generating the voice waveform of said text data, and the voice outputting step of reproducing, when voice waveforms concerned with a plurality of said text data are to be reproduced, a prepared specific voice synthesis waveform after the termination of the reproduction of a preceding voice waveform and before the start of the reproduction of the next voice waveform.
112-117. (canceled)
A voice synthesizing apparatus for converting text data into a synthetic voice and outputting it, characterized by the provision of:
A voice synthesizing method applied to a voice synthesizing apparatus for converting text data into a synthetic voice and outputting it, characterized by:
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