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Speech signal distribution system providing supplemental parameter associated data

  • US 5,943,648 A
  • Filed: 04/25/1996
  • Issued: 08/24/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/25/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A speech signal distribution system comprising:

  • a text to speech parameter converter for converting text containing sentences into a data stream, said data stream including a stream of speech signal parameters representing spoken text and lacking phrase-level and sentence-level prosodic content, being suitable for driving an audio signal generator that converts said stream of parameters into an audio speech signal in accordance with a vocal tract model;

    a supplemental parameter generator in communication with the text to speech parameter converter, such generator inserting into said data stream additional data, representative of linguistic boundaries, that indicate which parameters in said stream of parameters are associated with predefined boundaries of at least one of phrases and sentences in said text; and

    a transmitter for transmitting said, data stream.

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