Application of emotion-based intonation and prosody to speech in text-to-speech systems
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1. A text-to-speech system comprising:
- an arrangement for accepting text input;
an arrangement for providing synthetic speech output;
an arrangement for imparting emotion-based features to synthetic speech output;
said arrangement for imparting emotion-based features comprising;
an arrangement for accepting instruction for imparting at least one emotion-based paradigm to synthetic speech output; and
an arrangement for applying at least one emotion-based paradigm to synthetic speech output.
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Abstract
A text-to-speech system that includes an arrangement for accepting text input, an arrangement for providing synthetic speech output, and an arrangement for imparting emotion-based features to synthetic speech output. The arrangement for imparting emotion-based features includes an arrangement for accepting instruction for imparting at least one emotion-based paradigm to synthetic speech output, as well as an arrangement for applying at least one emotion-based paradigm to synthetic speech output.
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19 Claims
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1. A text-to-speech system comprising:
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an arrangement for accepting text input;
an arrangement for providing synthetic speech output;
an arrangement for imparting emotion-based features to synthetic speech output;
said arrangement for imparting emotion-based features comprising;
an arrangement for accepting instruction for imparting at least one emotion-based paradigm to synthetic speech output; and
an arrangement for applying at least one emotion-based paradigm to synthetic speech output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of converting text to speech, said method comprising the steps of:
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accepting text input;
providing synthetic speech output;
imparting emotion-based features to synthetic speech output;
said step of imparting emotion-based features comprising;
accepting instruction for imparting at least one emotion-based paradigm to synthetic speech output; and
applying at least one emotion-based paradigm to synthetic speech output. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for converting text to speech, said method comprising the steps of:
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accepting text input;
providing synthetic speech output;
imparting emotion-based features to synthetic speech output;
said step of imparting emotion-based features comprising;
accepting instruction for imparting at least one emotion-based paradigm to synthetic speech output; and
applying at least one emotion-based paradigm to synthetic speech output.
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