Dynamically Changing Voice Attributes During Speech Synthesis Based upon Parameter Differentiation for Dialog Contexts
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1. A method of speech synthesis comprising:
- automatically identifying spoken passages within a text source; and
converting the text source to speech by applying different voice configurations to different portions of text within the text source according to whether each portion of text was identified as a spoken passage.
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Abstract
A method of speech synthesis can include automatically identifying spoken passages within a text source and converting the text source to speech by applying different voice configurations to different portions of text within the text source according to whether each portion of text was identified as a spoken passage. The method further can include identifying the speaker and/or the gender of the speaker and applying different voice configurations according to the speaker identity and/or speaker gender.
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1. A method of speech synthesis comprising:
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automatically identifying spoken passages within a text source; and
converting the text source to speech by applying different voice configurations to different portions of text within the text source according to whether each portion of text was identified as a spoken passage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A machine readable storage having stored thereon a computer program having a plurality of code sections comprising:
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code for automatically distinguishing between portions of text of a text source that are spoken and non-spoken; and
code for audibly rendering the text source by dynamically applying a spoken voice configuration to portions of text identified as spoken and applying a non-spoken voice configuration to portions of text identified as non-spoken. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A machine readable storage having stored thereon a computer program having a plurality of code sections comprising:
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code for automatically identifying spoken passages within a text source; and
code for converting the text source to speech by applying different voice configurations to different portions of text within the text source according to whether each portion of text was identified as a spoken passage. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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