Multi-unit approach to text-to-speech synthesis

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8036894
APP PUB NO 20070192105A1
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11357736

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Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer program products are provided for synthesizing speech. One method includes matching a first level of units of a received input string to audio segments from a plurality of audio segments including using properties of or between first level units to locate matching audio segments from a plurality of selections, parsing unmatched first level units into second level units, matching the second level units to audio segments using properties of or between the units to locate matching audio segments from a plurality of selections and synthesizing the input string, including combining the audio segments associated with the first and second units.

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APPLE INC1 INFINITE LOOP CUPERTINO CA 95014

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aitken, Kevin B Cupertino, US 3 240
Bellegarda, Jerome R Los Gatos, US 117 15059
Naik, Devang K San Jose, US 41 6428
Neeracher, Matthias Santa Clara, US 4 583
Silverman, Kim EA Mountain View, US 8 555

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