Synthesizing an aggregate voice

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PATENT NO 9613616
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15168599

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A system and computer-implemented method for synthesizing multi-person speech into an aggregate voice is disclosed. The method may include crowd-sourcing a data message configured to include a textual passage. The method may include collecting, from a plurality of speakers, a set of vocal data for the textual passage. Additionally, the method may also include mapping a source voice profile to a subset of the set of vocal data to synthesize the aggregate voice.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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de, Freitas Jose A G Eastleigh, GB 3 11
Hindle, Guy P Romsey, GB 3 14
Taylor, James S Southampton, GB 23 114

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