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Method and system for performing concatenative speech synthesis using half-phonemes

  • US 6,173,263 B1
  • Filed: 08/31/1998
  • Issued: 01/09/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of synthesizing speech using half-phonemes, comprising:

  • receiving input text;

    converting the input text into a sequence of half-phonemes;

    comparing the half-phonemes in the sequence with a plurality of half-phonemes stored in a database;

    selecting one of the plurality of half-phonemes from the database for each of the half-phonemes in the sequence based on statistical measurements;

    processing the selected half-phonemes into synthesized speech; and

    outputting the synthesized speech to an output device.

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