Patent ID: 7899672
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for generating synthesized speech from input text, the method comprising: selecting a best-matched pre-recorded utterance from a plurality of pre-recorded utterances, wherein the selecting is based, at least in part, on a degree of matching between the input text and texts associated with the plurality of pre-recorded utterances; dividing the best-matched pre-recorded utterance into a plurality of segments comprising remaining segments that match corresponding parts of the input text and difference segments that do not match corresponding parts of the input text; synthesizing speech for parts of the input text corresponding to the difference segments in the selected best-matched pre-recorded utterance to generate synthesized speech segments; and splicing the synthesized speech segments of the parts of the input text corresponding to the difference segments with the remaining segments of the selected best-matched pre-recorded utterance to generate the synthesized speech for the input text.