Voice recording tool for creating database used in text to speech synthesis system
First Claim
1. A method for recording verbal expressions of a person for use in a vehicle navigation system having a database including a map and text describing street names and points of interest of the map, the method comprising:
- obtaining from the database text of a word having at least one syllable;
analyzing the at least one syllable with a greedy algorithm to construct at least one text phrase comprising each syllable of the at least one syllable, such that the number of phrases is at least substantially minimized;
converting the at least one text phrase to at least one corresponding phonetic symbol phrase;
displaying to the person the at least one phonetic symbol phrase;
the person verbally expressing each phrase of the at least one phonetic symbol phrase; and
recording the verbal expression of each phrase of the at least one phonetic symbol phrase.
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Abstract
In embodiments the present invention includes a method for recording verbal expressions of a person for use in a vehicle navigation system. The vehicle navigation system has a database including a map and text describing street names and points of interest of the map. The method includes the steps of obtaining from the database text of a word having at least one syllable, analyzing the at least one syllable with a greedy algorithm to construct at least one text phrase comprising each syllable of the at least one syllable, such that the number of phrases is at least substantially minimized, converting the at least one text phrase to at least one corresponding phonetic symbol phrase, displaying to the person the at least one phonetic symbol phrase, the person verbally expressing each phrase of the at least one phonetic symbol phrase, and recording the verbal expression of each phrase of the at least one phonetic symbol phrase.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for recording verbal expressions of a person for use in a vehicle navigation system having a database including a map and text describing street names and points of interest of the map, the method comprising:
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obtaining from the database text of a word having at least one syllable;
analyzing the at least one syllable with a greedy algorithm to construct at least one text phrase comprising each syllable of the at least one syllable, such that the number of phrases is at least substantially minimized;
converting the at least one text phrase to at least one corresponding phonetic symbol phrase;
displaying to the person the at least one phonetic symbol phrase;
the person verbally expressing each phrase of the at least one phonetic symbol phrase; and
recording the verbal expression of each phrase of the at least one phonetic symbol phrase. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for recording verbal expressions of a person for use in a vehicle navigation system having a database including a map and text describing street names and points of interest of the map, the method comprising:
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obtaining from the database text of multisyllable words describing at least one of road names and points of interest of the map;
analyzing the text of the multisyllable words with a greedy algorithm to construct text of a set of phrases comprising each syllable of the multisyllable words, such that the total number of phrases in the set of phrases is at least substantially minimized;
converting the text of the set of phrases to a set of corresponding phonetic symbols;
displaying to the person the set of corresponding phonetic symbols phrases;
the person verbally expressing each phrase of the set of phonetic symbols phrases; and
recording the verbal expression of each phrase of the set of phonetic symbols phrases. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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