Coarticulation Method for Audio-Visual Text-to-Speech Synthesis
AssigneeAT&T Corp.
InventorsEric Cosatto, Hans Peter Graf, Juergen Schroeter
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Abstract
A method for generating animated sequences of talking heads in text-to-speech applications wherein a processor samples a plurality of frames comprising image samples. The processor reads first data comprising one or more parameters associated with noise-producing orifice images of sequences of at least three concatenated phonemes which correspond to an input stimulus. The processor reads, based on the first data. second data comprising images of a noise-producing entity. The processor generates an animated sequence of the noise-producing entity.
Claims20
A method of synchronizing synthesized speech and animation, the method causing a computing device to perform steps comprising:
- associating a received stimulus with a phoneme having corresponding mouth parameters;
- selecting a parameter set corresponding to the mouth parameters from an animation library, the parameter set representing frame segments;
- and
- generating, via a noise producing entity, speech associated with the stimulus that is synchronized with the frame segments.
A system for synchronizing synthesized speech and animation, the system comprising:
- a processor;
- a module controlling the processor to associate a received stimulus with a phoneme having corresponding mouth parameters;
- a module controlling the processor to select a parameter set corresponding to the mouth parameters from an animation library, the parameter set representing frame segments;
- and
- a module controlling the processor to generate, via a noise producing entity, speech associated with the stimulus that is synchronized with the frame segments.
A method of synchronizing synthesized speech and animation, the method causing a computing device to perform steps comprising:
- associating a received stimulus with a phoneme having corresponding mouth parameters;
- selecting a parameter set corresponding to the mouth parameters from an animation library, the parameter set representing frame segments;
- and
- generating, via a noise producing entity, speech associated with the stimulus that is synchronized with the frame segments.
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