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Patent US8005677 - Source-dependent text-to-speech system - Google Patents
A method of generating speech from text messages includes determining a speech feature vector for a voice associated with a source of a text message, and comparing the speech feature vector to speaker models. The method also includes selecting one of the speaker models as a preferred match for the voice...http://www.google.com/patents/US8005677?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8005677 - Source-dependent text-to-speech system
Publication number US8005677 B2
Application number US 10/434,683
Also published as CA2521440A1, CA2521440C, CN1894739A, CN1894739B, EP1623409A2, EP1623409A4, US20040225501, WO2004100638A2, WO2004100638A3
Publication number 10434683, 434683, US 8005677 B2, US 8005677B2, US-B2-8005677, US8005677 B2, US8005677B2
Inventors Nicholas J. Cutaia
Patent Citations (24), Non-Patent Citations (17), Referenced by (7), Classifications (8), Legal Events (2)
Source-dependent text-to-speech system
US 8005677 B2
means for analyzing the model voice samples to determine the speaker model for each model voice sample.
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International Classification G10L13/08, G10L13/04, G10L13/00, G10L13/02
Cooperative Classification G10L13/047, G10L13/033
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