Pronunciation synthesis system and method of the same
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1. A pronunciation synthesis system, comprising:
- a database for storing a plurality of word data and phonetic waveform data corresponding to the pronunciations of the word data;
an analyzing module for analyzing the structure of a word and decomposing the word into smaller units, the smaller units being at least one selected from the group consisting of a word root and an affix;
a searching module for searching in the database for word data that are relevant to the decomposed smaller units of the word so as to retrieve the phonetic waveform data of the searched word data;
a segmenting module using syllable as a segmenting unit while referring to the decomposed smaller units of the word to segment the phonetic waveform data retrieved by the searching module in order to obtain pronunciation data that respectively correspond to the pronunciation of the smaller units; and
a synthesizing module for arranging the pronunciation data so that each pronunciation data correspond in place with the location of each of the smaller units of the word to form a pronunciation synthesis of the word.
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A pronunciation synthesis system and method. The pronunciation synthesis system may pre-analyze a word to decompose the word into word root(s) and/or affix(es). The pronunciation synthesis system may include at least an analyzing module, a searching module, a pronunciation module, and a synthesizing module. The pronunciation synthesis system may be provided to search for phonetic waveform data that corresponds to the word root or affix so as to automatically synthesize the phonetic waveform data for the word.
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1. A pronunciation synthesis system, comprising:
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a database for storing a plurality of word data and phonetic waveform data corresponding to the pronunciations of the word data;
an analyzing module for analyzing the structure of a word and decomposing the word into smaller units, the smaller units being at least one selected from the group consisting of a word root and an affix;
a searching module for searching in the database for word data that are relevant to the decomposed smaller units of the word so as to retrieve the phonetic waveform data of the searched word data;
a segmenting module using syllable as a segmenting unit while referring to the decomposed smaller units of the word to segment the phonetic waveform data retrieved by the searching module in order to obtain pronunciation data that respectively correspond to the pronunciation of the smaller units; and
a synthesizing module for arranging the pronunciation data so that each pronunciation data correspond in place with the location of each of the smaller units of the word to form a pronunciation synthesis of the word. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A pronunciation synthesis method, suitable for use in a pronunciation synthesis system, the method comprising:
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(1) providing an analyzing module for analyzing the structure of a word according to a word construction rule and decomposing the word smaller units, the smaller units being at least one selected from the group consisting of a word root and an affix;
(2) providing a searching module for searching a database for word data which correspond to the decomposed smaller units of the word so as to retrieve the phonetic waveform data of the searched word data;
(3) providing a segmenting module using syllable as a segmenting unit while referring to the decomposed smaller units of the word to segment the phonetic waveform data retrieved by the searching module in order to obtain pronunciation data that respectively correspond to the pronunciation of the smaller units; and
(4) providing a synthesizing module for arranging the pronunciation data so that each pronunciation data correspond in place with the location of each of the smaller units within the word to form a pronunciation synthesis of the word. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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