Prosodic speech text codes and their use in computerized speech systems

Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000

United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7877259
SERIAL NO

11547369

Stats

ATTORNEY / AGENT: (SPONSORED)

Importance

Loading Importance Indicators... loading....

Abstract

See full text

A method of, and system for, acoustically coding text for use in the synthesis of speech from the text. The method includes marking the text to be spoken with one or more graphic symbols to indicate to a speaker a desired prosody to impart to the spoken text. The markups can include grapheme-phoneme pairs each wherein a visible prosodic-indicating grapheme is employed with written text and a corresponding digital phoneme is functional in the digital domain. The invention is useful in the generation of appealing, humanized machine speech for a wide range of applications, including voice mail systems, electronically enabled appliances, automobiles, computers, robotic assistants, games and the like, in spoken books and magazines, drama and other entertainment.

Loading the Abstract Image... loading....

First Claim

See full text

Family

Loading Family data... loading....

Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddress
LESSAC TECHNOLOGIES INC256 HIGHLAND STREET WEST NEWTON MA 02465

International Classification(s)

  • [Classification Symbol]
  • [Patents Count]

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gaary, Diane Ardmore, US 1 25
Krebs, Nancy Severn, US 3 493
Kur, Barry State College, US 1 25
Marple, Gary Boxborough, US 7 1065
Park, Sue Ann Newtown Square, US 1 25
Wilson, H Donald White Plains, US 5 855

Cited Art Landscape

Load Citation

Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cite Landscape

Load Citation