Patent ID: 9230537
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: G10L

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for synthesizing a voice signal using a plurality of phonetic piece data each indicating a phonetic piece which contains at least two phoneme sections corresponding to different phonemes, the apparatus comprising; a voice synthesis processor configured to produce a voice signal for output of a sound wave from a sound output unit, wherein the voice synthesis processor includes wherein the phonetic piece adjustment part carries out the expansion process in case that the consonant phoneme of the target section belongs to one type including fricative sound and semivowel sound, and carries out another expansion process in case that the consonant phoneme of the target section belongs to another type including plosive sound, affricate sound, nasal sound and liquid sound for inserting an intermediate section between the rear phoneme section of the first phonetic piece and the front phoneme section of the second phonetic piece in the target section.