Synthetically generated speech responses including prosodic characteristics of speech inputs
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1. A method for synthetically generating speech with improved prosodic characteristics comprising the steps of:
- storing at least one pre-defined prosodic characteristic;
receiving a speech input;
extracting at least one prosodic characteristic contained within said speech input;
selecting at least one prosodic characteristic for generating a speech output, wherein said at least one prosodic characteristic is selected from said at least one extracted prosodic characteristic and said at least one pre-defined prosodic characteristic, wherein said at least one pre-defined prosodic characteristic is selected if said at least one extracted prosodic characteristic matches at least one condition; and
,generating a speech output including said at least one selected prosodic characteristic within said speech output.
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Abstract
A method for digitally generating speech with improved prosodic characteristics can include receiving a speech input, determining at least one prosodic characteristic contained within the speech input, and generating a speech output including the prosodic characteristic within the speech output.
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1. A method for synthetically generating speech with improved prosodic characteristics comprising the steps of:
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storing at least one pre-defined prosodic characteristic; receiving a speech input; extracting at least one prosodic characteristic contained within said speech input; selecting at least one prosodic characteristic for generating a speech output, wherein said at least one prosodic characteristic is selected from said at least one extracted prosodic characteristic and said at least one pre-defined prosodic characteristic, wherein said at least one pre-defined prosodic characteristic is selected if said at least one extracted prosodic characteristic matches at least one condition; and
,generating a speech output including said at least one selected prosodic characteristic within said speech output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for generating synthetic speech comprising:
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a speech recognition component capable of extracting at least one prosodic characteristic from speech input; a prosodic characteristic store configured to store and permit retrieval of said at least one extracted prosodic characteristic and at least one pre-defined prosodic characteristic; and
,a text-to-speech component capable of modifying at least a portion of synthetically generated speech based upon at least one prosodic characteristic, wherein said at least one prosodic characteristic is selected from said at least one extracted prosodic characteristic and said at least pre-defined prosodic characteristics, wherein said at least one pre-defined prosodic characteristic is selected if said at least one extracted prosodic characteristic matches at least one condition. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A machine readable storage having stored thereon, a computer program having a plurality of code sections, said code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the steps of:
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storing at least one pre-defined prosodic characteristic; receiving a speech input; extracting at least one prosodic characteristic contained within said speech input; selecting at least one prosodic characteristic for generating a speech output, wherein said at least one prosodic characteristic is selected from said at least one extracted prosodic characteristic and said at least one pre-defined prosodic characteristic, wherein said at least one pre-defined prosodic characteristic is selected if said at least one extracted prosodic characteristic matches at least one condition; and
,generating a speech output including said at least one selected prosodic characteristic within said speech output. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for synthetically generating speech comprising the steps of:
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receiving a speech input; analyzing said speech input to generate special handling instructions, said instructions comprising generating speech using at least one prosodic characteristic selected from said at least one extracted prosodic characteristic and said at least one pre-defined prosodic characteristic, wherein said at least one pre-defined prosodic characteristic is selected if said at least one extracted prosodic characteristic matches at least one condition; and
,altering at least one speech generation characteristic of a text-to-speech application based upon said special handling instructions. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A machine readable storage having stored thereon, a computer program having a plurality of code sections, said code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the steps of:
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receiving a speech input; analyzing said speech input to generate special handling instructions, said instructions comprising generating speech using at least one prosodic characteristic selected from said at least one extracted prosodic characteristic and said at least one pre-defined prosodic characteristic, wherein said at least one pre-defined prosodic characteristic is selected if said at least one extracted prosodic characteristic matches at least one condition; and
,altering at least one speech generation characteristic of a text-to-speech application based upon said special handling instructions. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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