Patent ReferencesMethod and apparatus for making correlations and predictions using a finite field of data of unorganized and/or partially structured elements Electronic translator for modifying and speaking out sentence Intonation-varying audio output device in electronic translator Patent #: 4455615 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 06/844077 filed on 03/26/1986US Classes:704/260, Image to speech704/1, LINGUISTICS704/8, Multilingual or national language support704/9Natural languageExaminersPrimary: Harkcom, Gary V.Assistant: Anderson, Lawrence E. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesG06F 17/27 (20060101)G10L 13/08 (20060101) G10L 13/00 (20060101) AbstractIn text-to-speech generating arrangements, text is analyzed to determine the language source of words therein by successively selecting letter sequences of each word in the text. At least one signal representative of the probability that the text word corresponds to a particular language source is generated responsive to the selected letter sequences and a language source is selected for converting the text work to a phonetic string responsive to the probability representative signals.Other References
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