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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLOUD-BASED TEXT-TO-SPEECH WEB SERVICES

  • US 20120136664A1
  • Filed: 11/30/2010
  • Published: 05/31/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of generating speech, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at a network-based automatic speech processing system, a request, from a network client independent of knowledge of internal operations of the network-based automatic speech processing system, to generate a text-to-speech voice, the request comprising speech samples, transcriptions of the speech samples, and metadata describing the speech samples;

    extracting sound units from the speech samples based on the transcriptions;

    generating a demonstration of the text-to-speech voice based on the sound units, the transcriptions, and the metadata, wherein the demonstration hides a back end processing implementation from the network client; and

    providing access to the demonstration to the network client.

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