Name pronounciation by synthesizer
Patent 5040218 Issued on August 13, 1991. Estimated Expiration Date: 
July 6, 2010. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
July 6, 2010. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 3704345 Method of and device for synthesis of speech from printed text Manually controllable data reading apparatus for speech synthesizers Device for generating the audio information of a set of characters Real-time text-to-speech conversion system Patent #: 4692941 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 551045 filed on 07/06/1990US Classes:704/260Image to speechExaminersPrimary: Kemeny, Emanuel S.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG01L 005/00AbstractAn apparatus and method for correctly pronouncing proper names from text using a computer provides a dictionary which performs an initial search for the name. If the name is not in the dictionary, it is sent to a filter which either positively identifies a single language group or eliminates one or more language groups as the language group of origin for that word. When the filter cannot positively identify the language group of origin for the name, a list of possible language groups is sent to a grapheme analyzer which precedes a trigram analyzer. Using grapheme analysis, the most probable language group of origin for the name is determined and sent to a language-sensitive letter-to-sound section. In this section, the name is compared with language-sensitive rules to provide accurate phonemics and stress information for the name. The phonemics (including stress information) are sent to a voice realization unit for audio output of the name.Other References
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