METHOD FOR ADAPTING A PRONUNCIATION DICTIONARY USED FOR SPEECH SYNTHESIS - Patent 1454313

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EP 1 454 313 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	08.09.2004 Bulletin 2004/37

(21)	Application number: 03748274.2

(22)	Date of filing: 22.09.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G10L 13/08

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/GB2003/004037

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/027757 (01.04.2004 Gazette 2004/14)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

20.09.2002 GB 0221945

(71)	Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
	Shinjuku-ku,Tokyo 163-0811 (JP)

(72)	Inventor:
	ANDERTON, John Livingston EH54 7EG (GB)

(74)	Representative: Kenyon, Sarah Elizabeth et al
	Miller Sturt Kenyon9 John Street London WC1N 2ES London WC1N 2ES (GB)

(54)	METHOD FOR ADAPTING A PRONUNCIATION DICTIONARY USED FOR SPEECH SYNTHESIS