Patent ID: 6990451

Claim:
A method of making a digital voice library utilized for converting text to concatenated voice in accordance with a set of playback rules, the digital voice library including a plurality of speech items and a corresponding plurality of voice recordings wherein each speech item corresponds to at least one available voice recording, wherein multiple voice recordings that correspond to a single speech item represent various inflections of that single speech item, the method comprising: establishing a vocal sequence; recording a voice talent uttering the vocal sequence; generating a complex tone that reflects a particular inflection required for a particular voice recording of a particular speech item, the complex tone being composed of portions of the recording of the voice talent uttering the vocal sequence; and recording the voice talent reciting the particular speech item to make the particular voice recording, the voice talent using the complex tone as a guide to allow the voice talent to recite the particular speech item in accordance with the particular inflection, the particular voice recording being utilized in the digital voice library for converting text to concatenated voice in accordance with the set of playback rules.