Global Patent Index - EP 1640968 A1

EP 1640968 A1 20060329 - Method and device for speech synthesis

Title (en)

Method and device for speech synthesis

Title (de)

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Sprachsynthese

Title (fr)

Procédé et dispositif pour la synthèse de la parole

Publication

EP 1640968 A1 20060329 (EN)

Application

EP 04447212 A 20040927

Priority

EP 04447212 A 20040927

Abstract (en)

The present invention is related to a method to synthesise speech, comprising the steps of applying a linguistic analysis to a sentence to be transformed into a speech signal, whereby the analysis yields phonemes to be pronounced and, associated to each phoneme, a list of linguistic features, selecting candidate speech units, based on selected linguistic features, forming the speech signal by concatenating speech units selected among the candidate speech units.

IPC 8 full level

G10L 13/06 (2006.01); G10L 13/07 (2013.01); G10L 13/08 (2006.01); G10L 13/10 (2013.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G10L 13/07 (2013.01); G10L 13/10 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

  • [X] WO 02097794 A1 20021205 - RHETORICAL GROUP PLC [GB], et al
  • [X] COLOTTE V ET AL: "Synthèse vocale par sélection linguistiquement orientée d'unités non-uniformes: LIONS", JOURNÉES D'ETUDE SUR LA PAROLE - JEP '04, 19 April 2004 (2004-04-19), FEZ, MOROCCO, XP002307516, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:http://www.lpl.univ-aix.fr/jep-taln04/proceed/actes/jep2004/Colotte-Beaufort.pdf> [retrieved on 20041125]

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1640968 A1 20060329

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 04447212 A 20040927