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Pitch pattern generating method and pitch pattern generating apparatus

  • US 20060224380A1
  • Filed: 03/22/2006
  • Published: 10/05/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A pitch pattern generating method comprising:

  • preparing a memory to store a plurality of pitch patterns each extracted from natural speech, and pattern attribute information corresponding to the pitch patterns;

    inputting language attribute information obtained by analyzing a text including prosody control units;

    selecting, from the pitch patterns stored in the memory, a group of pitch patterns corresponding to each of the prosody control units based on the language attribute information, to obtain a plurality of groups corresponding to the prosody control units respectively;

    generating a new pitch pattern corresponding to the each of prosody control units by fusing pitch patterns of the group, to obtain a plurality of new pitch patterns corresponding to the prosody control units respectively; and

    generating a pitch pattern corresponding to the text based on the new pitch patterns.

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