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Technology for responding to remarks using speech synthesis

  • US 10,490,181 B2
  • Filed: 12/12/2016
  • Issued: 11/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A voice synthesis apparatus comprising:

  • a voice input section configured to receive a voice signal of a remark;

    a pitch analysis section configured to analyze a pitch of a first segment of the remark, wherein the first segment is a word ending of the remark;

    an acquisition section configured to acquire a reply to the remark; and

    a voice generation section configured to generate voice of the reply acquired by said acquisition section, said voice generation section shifting pitches of the entire voice waveform data of the reply by a same amount so that a second segment of the reply has a pitch associated with the pitch of the first segment analyzed by said pitch analysis section, wherein the second segment is a word beginning or word ending of the reply.

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