Voice synthesizing method and voice synthesizer performing the same
First Claim
1. A voice synthesizing method of converting a stereotyped sentence to a voice through voice synthesis, comprising steps of:
- determining a voice-contents identifier to point a type of voice contents of said stereotyped sentence;
preparing a speech style dictionary including speech style and prosody data which correspond to said voice-contents identifier;
selecting prosody data of said synthesized voice to be generated from said speech style dictionary by pointing a contents identifier and a speech style for a synthesized voice to be generated; and
adding said selected prosody data to voice synthesizing means as voice-synthesizer driving data to thereby perform voice synthesis with a specific speech style.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method which synthesizes a stereotyped sentence into a voice of an arbitrary speech style and which permits a third party to prepare prosody data and permits a user of a terminal device having a voice synthesizing part to acquire the prosody data. The voice synthesizing method determines a voice-contents identifier to point a type of voice contents of a stereotyped sentence, prepares a speech style dictionary 14 including speech style and prosody data which correspond to the voice-contents identifier, selects prosody data of the synthesized voice to be generated from the speech style dictionary 14 by pointing (12) a contents identifier and a speech style for a synthesized voice to be generated (15), and adds the selected prosody data to a voice synthesizer 13 as voice-synthesizer driving data to thereby perform voice synthesis with a specific speech style. A voice of a stereotyped sentence can be synthesized with an arbitrary speech style. Prosody data (speech style dictionary) prepared by a third party can be loaded into a voice synthesizer in a portable terminal device over a network.
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9 Claims
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1. A voice synthesizing method of converting a stereotyped sentence to a voice through voice synthesis, comprising steps of:
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determining a voice-contents identifier to point a type of voice contents of said stereotyped sentence;
preparing a speech style dictionary including speech style and prosody data which correspond to said voice-contents identifier;
selecting prosody data of said synthesized voice to be generated from said speech style dictionary by pointing a contents identifier and a speech style for a synthesized voice to be generated; and
adding said selected prosody data to voice synthesizing means as voice-synthesizer driving data to thereby perform voice synthesis with a specific speech style. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A voice synthesizer for-performing voice synthesis by converting a stereotyped sentence to prosody data and adding said prosody data to a voice synthesizing part as voice-synthesizer driving data, comprising:
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a voice-contents identifier for pointing a type of voice contents of said stereotyped sentence;
a memory for storing a speech style dictionary in which speech-style pointing information to point a speech style for a synthesized voice and prosody data are associated with each other;
pointing means for pointing a voice-contents identifier and a speech style of a voice to be synthesized at a time of voice synthesis; and
said voice synthesizing part for selecting said prosody data pointed by said pointing means from said speech style dictionary and converting said prosody data to a voice signal. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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6. A prosody-data distributing method of performing voice synthesis by converting a stereotyped sentence to prosody data and adding said prosody data to a voice synthesizing part in a terminal device as voice-synthesizer driving data, comprising steps of:
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determining a voice-contents identifier to point a type of voice contents of said stereotyped sentence;
preparing a speech style dictionary including speech style and prosody data which correspond to said voice-contents identifier; and
supplying said speech style dictionary to a server provided in a communication network or a terminal device connected via said server. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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