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US 2013/0085759 A1Published application
Speech samples library for text-to-speech and methods and apparatus for generating and using same
AssigneeVivotext Ltd.
InventorsGershon SILBERT, Andres HAKIM
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Abstract
A method for converting translating text into speech with a speech sample library is provided. The method comprises converting translating an input text to a sequence of triphones; determining musical parameters of each phoneme in the sequence of triphones; detecting, in the speech sample library, speech segments having at least the determined musical parameters; and concatenating the detected speech segments.
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A method for converting text into speech with a speech sample library, comprising:
- converting an input text to a sequence of triphones;
- determining musical parameters of each phoneme in the sequence of triphones;
- detecting, in the speech sample library, speech segments having at least the determined musical parameters;
- and
- concatenating the detected speech segments.
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An apparatus for converting text into speech with a speech sample library, comprising:
- an input unit for providing an input text;
- a parser for converting the text into a sequence of speech segments;
- a prosody predictor for determining musical parameters of each phoneme in the sequence of triphones;
- a search module for detecting, in the speech sample library, speech segments having at least the determined musical parameter;
- a concatenator for concatenating the detected speech segments;
- and
- an output unit for playing the concatenated speech.
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