Text-to-speech system, text-to-speech method, and computer program product for synthesis modification based upon peculiar expressions

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9570067
APP PUB NO 20150269927A1
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14644389

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According to an embodiment, a text-to-speech device includes a receiver to receive an input text containing a peculiar expression; a normalizer to normalize the input text based on a normalization rule in which the peculiar expression, a normal expression of the peculiar expression, and an expression style of the peculiar expression are associated, to generate normalized texts; a selector to perform language processing of each normalized text, and select a normalized text based on result of the language processing; a generator generate a series of phonetic parameters representing phonetic expression of the selected normalized text; a modifier modifies a phonetic parameter in the normalized text corresponding to the peculiar expression in the input text based on a phonetic parameter modification method according to the normalization rule of the peculiar expression; and a output unit to output a phonetic sound synthesized using the series of phonetic parameters including the modified phonetic parameter.

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  • KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Miyamura, Yuichi Kanagawa, JP 7 23
Shimizu, Yuji Kanagawa, JP 126 960
Yajima, Makoto Tokyo, JP 22 227
Yamanaka, Noriko Kanagawa, JP 11 187
Yamasaki, Tomohiro Tokyo, JP 30 270

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