EP 1952388 B1 20090401 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING SPEECH BY CONCATENATING ACOUSTIC UNITS
Title (en)
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING SPEECH BY CONCATENATING ACOUSTIC UNITS
Title (de)
SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR SPRACHSYNTHESE DURCH VERKETTUNG AKUSTISCHER EINHEITEN
Title (fr)
SYSTEME ET PROCEDE DE SYNTHESE VOCALE PAR CONCATENATION D'UNITES ACOUSTIQUES
Publication
Application
Priority
- FR 2006002114 W 20060914
- FR 0510831 A 20051024
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2007048891A1] This system for synthesizing speech by concatenating acoustic units comprises: phonetic transcription means (6) capable of generating a series of target acoustic units representative of the text to synthesize; means (7) for storing candidate acoustic units, each candidate acoustic unit comprising a pre-recorded fragment of speech; preselecting means (8) capable of producing a number of flows of candidate acoustic units, each flow being preselected based on a minimization of its overall cost, said overall call being the sum of cost functions that determine the cost between each target acoustic unit and the candidate acoustic units and functions of costs of the transitions between two candidate acoustic units, and; interface means (9) that enable an operator to compare the auditory quality of each preselected flow of candidate acoustic units for selecting the flow whose auditory quality seems the best to him.
IPC 8 full level
G10L 13/02 (2006.01); G10L 13/033 (2013.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G10L 13/033 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
FR 2892555 A1 20070427; AT E427545 T1 20090415; DE 602006006094 D1 20090514; EP 1952388 A1 20080806; EP 1952388 B1 20090401; ES 2325132 T3 20090826; WO 2007048891 A1 20070503
DOCDB simple family (application)
FR 0510831 A 20051024; AT 06808137 T 20060914; DE 602006006094 T 20060914; EP 06808137 A 20060914; ES 06808137 T 20060914; FR 2006002114 W 20060914