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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Shenghua Bao, Beijing, CN;
Jian Chen, Beijing, CN;
Yong Qin, Beijing, CN;
Qin Shi, Beijing, CN;
Zhiwei Shuang, Beijing, CN;
Zhong Su, Beijing, CN;
Liu Wen, Beijing, CN;
Shi Lei Zhang, Beijing, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for achieving emotional text to speech. The method includes: receiving text data; generating emotion tag for the text data by a rhythm piece; and achieving TTS to the text data corresponding to the emotion tag, where the emotion tags are expressed as a set of emotion vectors; where each emotion vector includes a plurality of emotion scores given based on a plurality of emotion categories. A system for the same includes: a text data receiving module; an emotion tag generating module; and a TTS module for achieving TTS, wherein the emotion tag is expressed as a set of emotion vectors; and wherein emotion vector includes a plurality of emotion scores given based on a plurality of emotion categories.