Patent ID: 9117446
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
1. A method for achieving emotional Text To Speech (TTS), the method comprising: receiving a set of text data; organizing each of a plurality of words in the set of text data into a plurality of rhythm pieces; generating an emotion tag for each of the plurality of rhythm pieces, wherein each emotion tag is expressed as a set of emotion vectors, each emotion vector comprising a plurality of emotion scores, where each of the plurality of emotion scores is assigned to a different emotion category in a plurality of emotion categories; determining, for each of the plurality of rhythm pieces, a final emotion score for the rhythm piece based on at least each of the plurality of emotion scores; determining, for each of the plurality of rhythm pieces, a final emotional category for the rhythm piece based on at least each of the plurality of emotion categories; and performing, by at least one processor of at least one computing device, TTS of the set of text data utilizing each of the emotion tags, where performing TTS comprises wherein: