SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONCATENATION OF WORDS IN TEXT TO SPEECH SYNTHESIS
First Claim
1. A method for concatenating words in a text string, the method comprising:
- obtaining phonemes for a text string, the text string comprising at least a preceding word and a succeeding word to be concatenated;
identifying a last letter of the preceding word to be concatenated, and identifying a first letter of the succeeding word to be concatenated;
selecting a connector term and a connector term type based on the identified last letter and the identified first letter; and
creating a modified text string for speech synthesis including the selected connector term and the selected connector type.
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Abstract
Algorithms for synthesizing speech used to identify media assets are provided. Speech may be selectively synthesized form text strings associated with media assets. A text string may be normalized and its native language determined for obtaining a target phoneme for providing human-sounding speech in a language (e.g., dialect or accent) that is familiar to a user. The algorithms may be implemented on a system including several dedicated render engines. The system may be part of a back end coupled to a front end including storage for media assets and associated synthesized speech, and a request processor for receiving and processing requests that result in providing the synthesized speech. The front end may communicate media assets and associated synthesized speech content over a network to host devices coupled to portable electronic devices on which the media assets and synthesized speech are played back.
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1. A method for concatenating words in a text string, the method comprising:
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obtaining phonemes for a text string, the text string comprising at least a preceding word and a succeeding word to be concatenated; identifying a last letter of the preceding word to be concatenated, and identifying a first letter of the succeeding word to be concatenated; selecting a connector term and a connector term type based on the identified last letter and the identified first letter; and creating a modified text string for speech synthesis including the selected connector term and the selected connector type.
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