Client-server voice customization
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1. A method for supplying customized synthesized voice data to a user comprising:
- capturing voice criteria from a user at a first computing device, the voice criteria being indicative of desired characteristics of a synthesized voice;
communicating the voice criteria to a second computing device, the second computing device interconnected via a network to the first computing device; and
generating synthesized voice rules at the second computing device corresponding to the captured voice criteria and communicating the synthesized voice rules to the first computing device.
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Abstract
A user customizes a synthesized voice in a distributed speech synthesis system. The user selects voice criteria at a local device. The voice criteria represents characteristics that the user desires for a synthesized voice. The voice criteria is communicated to a network device. The network device generates a set of synthesized voice rules based on the voice criteria. The synthesized voice rules represent prosodic aspects and other characteristics of the synthesized voice. The synthesized voice rules are communicated to the local device and used to create the synthesized voice.
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1. A method for supplying customized synthesized voice data to a user comprising:
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capturing voice criteria from a user at a first computing device, the voice criteria being indicative of desired characteristics of a synthesized voice;
communicating the voice criteria to a second computing device, the second computing device interconnected via a network to the first computing device; and
generating synthesized voice rules at the second computing device corresponding to the captured voice criteria and communicating the synthesized voice rules to the first computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for customizing a synthesized voice in a distributed speech synthesis system, comprising:
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capturing voice criteria from a user at a first computing device, the voice criteria being indicative of desired characteristics of a synthesized voice;
communicating the voice criteria to a second computing device, the second computing device interconnected via a network to the first computing device;
generating a set of synthesized voice rules at the second computing device based on the voice criteria, the set of synthesized voice rules representing prosodic aspects of the synthesized voice; and
communicating the set of synthesized voice rules to the first computing device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for generating a synthesized voice in a distributed speech synthesis system according to criteria selected by a user comprising:
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capturing voice criteria from a user at a first computing device, the voice criteria being indicative of desired characteristics of a synthesized voice;
communicating the voice criteria to a second computing device, the second computing device interconnected via a network to the first computing device;
mapping the voice criteria to parameters determinant of voice characteristics;
generating a set of tags indicative of transformations to the parameters, wherein the transformations to the parameters represent the captured voice criteria;
communicating the set of tags to the first computing device; and
generating a synthesized voice according to the set of tags. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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