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Method and system for generating synthesized speech based on human recording

  • US 7,899,672 B2
  • Filed: 06/27/2006
  • Issued: 03/01/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for generating synthesized speech from input text, the method comprising:

  • selecting a best-matched pre-recorded utterance from a plurality of pre-recorded utterances, wherein the selecting is based, at least in part, on a degree of matching between the input text and texts associated with the plurality of pre-recorded utterances;

    dividing the best-matched pre-recorded utterance into a plurality of segments comprising remaining segments that match corresponding parts of the input text and difference segments that do not match corresponding parts of the input text;

    synthesizing speech for parts of the input text corresponding to the difference segments in the selected best-matched pre-recorded utterance to generate synthesized speech segments; and

    splicing the synthesized speech segments of the parts of the input text corresponding to the difference segments with the remaining segments of the selected best-matched pre-recorded utterance to generate the synthesized speech for the input text.

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