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Method and apparatus for sculpting synthesized speech

  • US 20030229494A1
  • Filed: 04/17/2003
  • Published: 12/11/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A speech processor, comprising;

  • a unit-selection device that processes a stream of target phonetic-units to produce a stream of respective selected phonetic-units, the selected phonetic-units being selected on the basis of at least a set of target-cost functions that determine target-costs between each target phonetic-unit and respective groups of sample phonetic-units; and

    a phonetic editor configured to enable an operator to selectively designate one or more selected phonetic-units in the stream of selected phonetic-units.

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