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US 7,143,038 B2Granted
Speech synthesis system
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorNobuyuki Katae
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AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorNobuyuki Katae
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A speech synthesizing system producing a speech of an improved quality of voice by selecting a combination of speech segment most suitable for a synthesis speech unit sequence. The speech synthesizing system comprises a speech segment storage section where speech segment is stored, a speech segment selection information storage section where speech segment selection information including combinations of speech segment constituted of speech segment stored in the speech segment storage section for an arbitrary speech unit sequence and the appropriateness information representing the appropriatenesses of the combinations are stored, a speech segment selecting section for selecting a combination of speech segment most suitable for a synthesis parameter according to the speech segment selection information stored in the speech segment storage section, and a waveform generating section for generating speech waveform data from the combination of speech segment selected by the speech segment selecting section.
A speech synthesis system wherein synthesis parameters necessary for speech synthesis are input, and a speech segment combination matching said synthesis parameters is selected from a speech segment inventory and concatenated, thereby generating and outputting a speech waveform for said synthesis parameters, comprising:
A speech synthesis method wherein synthesis parameters necessary for speech synthesis are input, and a speech segment combination matching said synthesis parameters is selected from a speech segment inventory and concatenated, thereby generating and outputting a speech waveform for said synthesis parameters, the method comprising:
A computer-readable storage medium encoded with processing instructions for causing a processor to execute a speech synthesis method, wherein synthesis parameters necessary for speech synthesis are input, and a speech segment combination matching said synthesis parameters is selected from a speech segment inventory and concatenated, thereby generating and outputting a speech waveform for said synthesis parameters, the method comprising:
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