Synthesis by Generation and Concatenation of Multi-Form Segments
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1. A speech synthesis system comprising:
- a speech segment database referencing speech segments having a plurality of different speech representational structures;
a speech segment selector for selecting from the speech segment database a sequence of speech segment candidates corresponding to a target text;
a speech segment sequencer for generating from the speech segment candidates a sequenced speech segments corresponding to the target text; and
a speech segment synthesizer for combining the sequenced speech segments to produce a synthesized speech signal output corresponding to the target text.
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Abstract
A speech synthesis system and method is described. A speech segment database references speech segments having various different speech representational structures. A speech segment selector selects from the speech segment database a sequence of speech segment candidates corresponding to a target text. A speech segment sequencer generates from the speech segment candidates sequenced speech segments corresponding to the target text. A speech segment synthesizer combines the selected sequenced speech segments to produce a synthesized speech signal output corresponding to the target text.
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1. A speech synthesis system comprising:
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a speech segment database referencing speech segments having a plurality of different speech representational structures; a speech segment selector for selecting from the speech segment database a sequence of speech segment candidates corresponding to a target text; a speech segment sequencer for generating from the speech segment candidates a sequenced speech segments corresponding to the target text; and a speech segment synthesizer for combining the sequenced speech segments to produce a synthesized speech signal output corresponding to the target text. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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18. A method of speech synthesis comprising:
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referencing in a speech segment database speech segments having a plurality of different speech representational structures; selecting from the speech segment database a sequence of speech segment candidates corresponding to a target text; generating from the speech segment candidates a sequenced speech segments corresponding to the target text; and combining the sequenced speech segments to produce a synthesized speech signal output corresponding to the target text. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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