Method and system for preselection of suitable units for concatenative speech

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EP 1 168 299 B8

(12)	CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION
	Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15)	Correction information:
	Corrected version no 1 (W1 B1)

(48)	Corrigendum issued on:
	13.03.2013 Bulletin 2013/11

(45)	Mention of the grant of the patent:
	21.11.2012 Bulletin 2012/47

(21)	Application number: 01305403.6

(22)	Date of filing: 21.06.2001

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G10L 13/06^(2013.01)

(54)	Method and system for preselection of suitable units for concatenative speech Verfahren und System zur Vorwahl von günstigen Sprachsegmenten zur Konkatenationssynthese Procédé et système pour la préselection d'unités appropriées pour la synthèse de la parole par concaténation

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB IT

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Priority:

30.06.2000 US 607615

(43)	Date of publication of application:
	02.01.2002 Bulletin 2002/01

(73)	Proprietor: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
	Reno, NV 89502 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Conkie, Alistair D. Morristown, NJ 07960 (US)

(74)	Representative: Suckling, Andrew Michael
	Marks & Clerk LLP Fletcher House Heatley Road The Oxford Science Park Oxford OX4 4GE Oxford OX4 4GE (GB)

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References cited: :

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WO-A-00/30069
US-A- 6 163 769

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HON H ET AL: "Automatic generation of synthesis units for trainable text-to-speech systems", ACOUSTICS, SPEECH AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, 1998. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1998 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SEATTLE, WA, USA 12-15 MAY 1998, NEW YORK, NY, USA,IEEE, US, vol. 1, 12 May 1998 (1998-05-12), pages 293-296, XP010279159, DOI: DOI:10.1109/ICASSP.1998.674425 ISBN: 978-0-7803-4428-0

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