Speech synthesis and analysis of dialects
June 3, 2014. 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 ReferencesIntonation-varying audio output device in electronic translator Electronic translator having removable data memory and controller both connectable to any one of terminals Method and apparatus for converting voice characteristics of synthesized speech Real-time text-to-speech conversion system Low data rate speech encoding employing syllable pitch patterns Compression of stored waveforms for artificial speech Real time computer speech recognition system Speech synthesis system by rule using phonemes as systhesis units Disk with substrate of alumina silicate resin glass Method and apparatus for determining articulatory parameters from speech data InventorApplicationNo. 176819 filed on 01/05/1994US Classes:704/258, Synthesis704/231, Recognition704/260, Image to speech704/267, Time element704/268Frequency elementExaminersPrimary: MacDonald, Allen R.Assistant: Mattson, Robert C. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG10L 009/00AbstractA set of intonation intervals for a chosen dialect are applied to the intonational contour of a phomene string derived from a single set of stored linguistic units, e.g., phonemes. Sets of intonational intervals are stored to simulate or recognize different dialects or languages from a single set of stored phonemes. The interval rules preferably use a prosodic analysis of the phoneme string or other cues to apply a given interval to the phoneme string. A second set of interval data is provided for semantic information. The speech system is based on the observation that each dialect and language possess its own set of musical relationships or intonation intervals. These musical relationships are used by a human listener to identify the particular dialect or language. The speech system may be either a speech synthesis or speech analysis tool or may be a combined speech synthesis/analysis system.Other References
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