SPEECH SYNTHESIS FROM DETECTED SPEECH ARTICULATOR MOVEMENT
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1. A method of synthesising speech, comprisinginputting articulator movement data to a conversion model, said conversion model comprising parameters representing a relationship between speech articulator movements and speech sound;
- transforming by the conversion model said articulator movement data into synthesised speech sound data in accordance with the parameters, whereinthe parameters of said conversion model are estimated based on training articulator movement data and training speech sound data, said training speech sound data associated with training speech sound and said training articulator movement data associated with articulator movement of a user produced in accordance with the training speech sound.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and systems for generating synthesized speech from detected speech articulator movement and to methods and systems for generating models for generating synthesized speech from detected articulator movement.
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1. A method of synthesising speech, comprising
inputting articulator movement data to a conversion model, said conversion model comprising parameters representing a relationship between speech articulator movements and speech sound; -
transforming by the conversion model said articulator movement data into synthesised speech sound data in accordance with the parameters, wherein the parameters of said conversion model are estimated based on training articulator movement data and training speech sound data, said training speech sound data associated with training speech sound and said training articulator movement data associated with articulator movement of a user produced in accordance with the training speech sound. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of generating a conversion model for synthesising speech, said method comprising:
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receiving training articulator movement data and training speech sound data, said training speech sound data associated with training speech sound and said training articulator movement data associated with articulator movement of a user produced in accordance with the training speech sound, and estimating parameters of the conversion model based on the training articulator movement data and training speech sound data, said parameters representing a relationship between articulator movement and speech sound. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20)
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21. A system for synthesising speech, comprising a conversion model implemented on a data processor, said conversion model comprising parameters representing a relationship between speech articulator movements and speech sound, said conversion model arranged
to receive input articulator movement data, and responsive to receiving the input articulator movement data, to transform the input articulator movement data into synthesised speech sound data in accordance with the parameters, wherein the parameters of the conversion model are estimated based on training articulator movement data and training speech sound data, said training speech sound data associated with training speech sound and said training articulator movement data associated with articulator movement of a user produced in accordance with the training speech sound.
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