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Computer prosody user interface

  • US 6,006,187 A
  • Filed: 10/01/1996
  • Issued: 12/21/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a system for converting text to voiced speech, an interface means operable to permit a user to alter a prosody characteristic of a synthesized voice for particular words of said text, said interface means comprising:

  • means for selecting one or more words and punctuation in text input to said system;

    display means operable to provide a visual display of said selected one or more words including an indicia of change in at least one prosody characteristic for said displayed words;

    means, operating in conjunction with said display means, for enabling a user to dynamically effect a change in said at least one prosody characteristic for at least one of said displayed words; and

    means for applying said changed prosody characteristic to a voiced output of said at least one of said displayed words as to which said changed prosody characteristic is effected.

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