Text-to-speech conversion system and method having function of providing additional information
First Claim
1. A text-to-speech conversion system, comprising:
- a speech synthesis module for analyzing text data in accordance with morphemes and a syntactic structure, synthesizing the text data into speech by using obtained speech synthesis analysis data, and outputting synthesized sounds;
an emphasis word selection module for selecting words belonging to specific parts of speech as emphasis words from the text data by using the speech synthesis analysis data obtained from the speech synthesis module; and
a display module for displaying the selected emphasis words in synchronization with the synthesized sounds.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a text-to-speech conversion system and method having a function of providing additional information. An object of the present invention is to provide a user with words, as the additional information, that are expected to be difficult for the user to recognize or belong to specific parts of speech among synthesized sounds output from the text-to-speech conversion system. The object can be achieved by providing the method of selecting emphasis words from an input text by using language analysis data and speech synthesis result analysis data obtained from the text-to-speech conversion system and of structuring the selected emphasis words in accordance with sentence pattern information on the input text and a predetermined layout format.
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30 Claims
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1. A text-to-speech conversion system, comprising:
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a speech synthesis module for analyzing text data in accordance with morphemes and a syntactic structure, synthesizing the text data into speech by using obtained speech synthesis analysis data, and outputting synthesized sounds;
an emphasis word selection module for selecting words belonging to specific parts of speech as emphasis words from the text data by using the speech synthesis analysis data obtained from the speech synthesis module; and
a display module for displaying the selected emphasis words in synchronization with the synthesized sounds. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A text-to-speech conversion system, comprising:
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a speech synthesis module for analyzing text data in accordance with morphemes and a syntactic structure, synthesizing the text data into speech by using obtained speech synthesis analysis data, and outputting synthesized sounds;
an emphasis word selection module for selecting words belonging to specific parts of speech as emphasis words from the text data by using the speech synthesis analysis data obtained from the speech synthesis module; and
an information type-determining module for determining information type of the text data by using the speech synthesis analysis data obtained from the speech synthesis module, and generating sentence pattern information; and
a display module for rearranging the selected emphasis words in accordance with the generated sentence pattern information and displaying the rearranged emphasis words in synchronization with the synthesized sounds. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A text-to-speech conversion method, the method comprising the steps of:
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a speech synthesis step for analyzing text data in accordance with morphemes and a syntactic structure, synthesizing the text data into speech by using obtained speech synthesis analysis data, and outputting synthesized sounds;
an emphasis word selection step for selecting words belonging to specific parts of speech as emphasis words from the text data by using the speech synthesis analysis data; and
a display step for displaying the selected emphasis words in synchronization with the synthesized sounds. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 19, 20, 21)
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18. The text-to-speech conversion method as claimed in claim 18, wherein layouts for structurally displaying the emphasis words selected in accordance with the information type and additionally displayed contents are stored as the meta information in the meta DB.
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22. A text-to-speech conversion method, the method comprising the steps of:
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a speech synthesis step for analyzing text data in accordance with morphemes and a syntactic structure, synthesizing the text data into speech by using obtained speech synthesis analysis data, and outputting synthesized sounds;
an emphasis word selection step for selecting words belonging to specific parts of speech as emphasis words from the text data by using the speech synthesis analysis data; and
a sentence pattern information-generating step for determining information type of the text data by using the speech synthesis analysis data obtained from the speech synthesis step, and generating sentence pattern information; and
a display step for rearranging the selected emphasis words in accordance with the generated sentence pattern information and displaying the rearranged emphasis words in synchronization with the synthesized sounds. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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