Patent ID: 9685152
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G10L,H04M

Claim:
1. A voice synthesis apparatus comprising: a voice input section configured to receive a voice signal of a remark; a pitch analysis section configured to analyze a pitch of a first segment of the remark; an acquisition section configured to acquire a reply to the remark; and a voice generation section configured to generate voice of the reply acquired by said acquisition section, said voice generation section controlling a pitch of the voice of the reply in such a manner that a second segment of the reply has a pitch associated with the pitch of the first segment analyzed by said pitch analysis section, wherein said voice generation section controls the pitch of the voice of the reply in such a manner that an interval of the pitch of said second segment relative to the pitch of said first segment becomes a consonant interval except in a case where the pitch of said second segment and the pitch of said first segment are in perfect unison.