Variable voice rate apparatus and variable voice rate method
First Claim
1. A variable voice rate method of controlling a reproduction rate of voice, comprising:
- generating voice data from the voice;
generating, in a text data generating unit, text data indicating a content of the voice data, based on the generated voice data;
generating, in a division information generating unit, division information used for dividing the text data into a plurality of linguistic units each of which is characterized by a linguistic form;
generating, as reproduction information concerning reproduction control of the voice for each of linguistic units in a reproduction information generation unit, information indicating a probability with which preset ones of the linguistic units are combined in a preset order;
storing, in a first storage, the reproduction information;
selecting, from the linguistic units, combinations of linguistic units each having a probability lower than a preset value, based on the stored reproduction information and the division information; and
controlling, in a voice reproduction controller, reproduction of the voice data corresponding to the selected combinations.
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Abstract
A variable voice rate apparatus to control a reproduction rate of voice, includes a voice data generation unit configured to generate voice data from the voice, a text data generation unit configured to generate text data indicating a content of the voice data, a division information generation unit configured to generate division information used for dividing the text data into a plurality of linguistic units each of which is characterized by a linguistic form, a reproduction information generation unit configured to generate reproduction information set for each of the linguistic units, and a voice reproduction controller which controls reproduction of each of the linguistic units, based on the reproduction information and the division information.
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13 Claims
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1. A variable voice rate method of controlling a reproduction rate of voice, comprising:
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generating voice data from the voice; generating, in a text data generating unit, text data indicating a content of the voice data, based on the generated voice data; generating, in a division information generating unit, division information used for dividing the text data into a plurality of linguistic units each of which is characterized by a linguistic form; generating, as reproduction information concerning reproduction control of the voice for each of linguistic units in a reproduction information generation unit, information indicating a probability with which preset ones of the linguistic units are combined in a preset order; storing, in a first storage, the reproduction information; selecting, from the linguistic units, combinations of linguistic units each having a probability lower than a preset value, based on the stored reproduction information and the division information; and controlling, in a voice reproduction controller, reproduction of the voice data corresponding to the selected combinations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A variable voice rate method of controlling a reproduction rate of voice, comprising:
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generating voice data from the voice; generating, in a text data generating unit, text data indicating a content of the voice data, based on the generated voice data; generating, in a division information generating unit, division information used for dividing the text data into a plurality of linguistic units each of which is characterized by a linguistic form; generating, as reproduction information concerning reproduction control of the voice for each of linguistic units in a reproduction information generation unit, information indicating a probability with which preset ones of the linguistic units are combined in a preset order; storing, in a first storage, the reproduction information; storing, in a second storage, the voice data and the division information; selecting, from the linguistic units, combinations of linguistic units each having a probability lower than a preset value, based on the stored reproduction information and the stored division information; and generating a voice signal, in a voice reproduction controller, based on the voice data corresponding to the selected combinations. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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