System and Method for Configuring Voice Readers Using Semantic Analysis
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Abstract
A system and method for using semantic analysis to configure a voice reader is presented. A text file includes a plurality of text blocks, such as paragraphs. Processing performs semantic analysis on each text block in order to match the text block'"'"'s semantic content with a semantic identifier. Once processing matches a semantic identifier with the text block, processing retrieves voice attributes that correspond to the semantic identifier (i.e. pitch value, loudness value, and pace value) and provides the voice attributes to a voice reader. The voice reader uses the text block to produce a synthesized voice signal with properties that correspond to the voice attributes. The text block may include semantic tags whereby processing performs latent semantic indexing on the semantic tags in order to match semantic identifiers to the semantic tags.
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40. A method for text conversion using a computer system, said method comprising:
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performing semantic analysis on a text file at a server and, in response to the semantic analysis, including one or more semantic tags in the text file at the server;
after performing the semantic analysis, sending the text file that includes the semantic tags from the server to a client;
after receiving the text file that includes the semantic tags from the server, retrieving a text block from the text file at the client;
extracting one of the semantic tags from the text block at the client;
executing latent semantic indexing on the semantic tag at the client;
selecting one or more voice attributes based upon the latent semantic indexing; and
converting the text block to audio using the selected voice attributes. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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