Text-to-speech conversion in electronic device field
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1. A method of converting text-to-speech in an electronic device, the method comprising:
- reading a character string;
checking whether or not the character string comprises a character combination which has a function other than that of representing a word;
analyzing, if a character combination which has a function other than that of representing a word was found, the function of the character combination, and configuring a speech synthesizer to produce a speech waveform based on the analysis.
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Abstract
A solution for text-to-speech conversion is provided. According to the solution, it is checked whether or not a character string comprises a character combination which does not represent a word. If the character string comprises a character combination which does not represent a word, the function of the character combination is analyzed. Based on the analysis, a speech synthesizer is configured to produce a desired speech waveform.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of converting text-to-speech in an electronic device, the method comprising:
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reading a character string;
checking whether or not the character string comprises a character combination which has a function other than that of representing a word;
analyzing, if a character combination which has a function other than that of representing a word was found, the function of the character combination, and configuring a speech synthesizer to produce a speech waveform based on the analysis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An electronic device comprising:
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a speech synthesizer for producing a speech waveform according to input signals;
a control unit connected to the speech synthesizer, the control unit being configured to;
read a character string;
check, whether or not the character string comprises a character combination which has a function other than that of representing a word;
analyze, if a character combination which has a function other than that of representing a word was found, the function of the character combination, and configure the speech synthesizer to produce a speech waveform based on the analysis. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An electronic device comprising:
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speech synthesizing means for producing a speech waveform according to input signals;
means for reading a character string;
means for checking whether or not the character string comprises a character combination which has a function other than that of representing a word;
means for analyzing, if a character combination which has a function other than that of representing a word was found, the function of the character combination, and means for configuring the speech synthesizing means to produce a speech waveform based on the analysis. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A computer program product encoding a computer program of instructions for executing a computer process for converting text-to-speech in an electronic device, the process comprising:
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reading a character string;
checking whether or not the character string comprises a character combination which has a function other than that of representing a word;
analyzing, if a character combination which has a function other than that of representing a word was found, the function of the character combination, and configuring a speech synthesizer to produce a speech waveform based on the analysis. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A computer program distribution medium readable by a computer and encoding a computer program of instructions for executing a computer process for converting text-to-speech in an electronic device, the process comprising:
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reading a character string;
checking whether or not the character string comprises a character combination which has a function other than that of representing a word;
analyzing, if a character combination which has a function other than that of representing a word was found, the function of the character combination, and configuring a speech synthesizer to produce a speech waveform based on the analysis. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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