Patent Document ID: 20020193995
Application ID: 09872680
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. 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.