Method and apparatus for automatic generation of vocal emotion in a synthetic text-to-speech system

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PATENT NO 5860064
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08805893

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A method and apparatus for the automatic application of vocal emotion parameters to text in a text-to-speech system. Predefining vocal parameters for various vocal emotions allows simple selection and application of vocal emotions to text to be output from a text-to-speech system. Further, the present invention is capable of generating vocal emotion with the limited prosodic controls available in a concatenative synthesizer.

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  • APPLE COMPUTER, INC.

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Henton, Caroline G Santa Cruz, CA 6 1561

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