Method and apparatus for voice synthesis and robot apparatus
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Dec 26, 2002
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May 9, 2002
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May 11, 2001
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A robot apparatus (1) is capable of audibly expressing an emotion in a manner similar to that performed by a living animal. The robot apparatus (1) utters a sentence by means of voice synthesis by performing a process including the steps of: an emotional state discrimination step (S1) for discriminating an emotional state of an emotion model (73); a sentence output step (S2) for outputting a sentence representing a content to be uttered in the form of a voice; a parameter control step (S3) for controlling a parameter for use in voice synthesis, depending upon the emotional state discriminated in the emotional state discrimination step (S1); and a voice synthesis step (S4) for inputting, to a voice synthesis unit, the sentence output in the sentence output step (S2) and synthesizing a voice in accordance with the controlled parameter.
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