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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2016
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kouichirou Mori, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Yamato Ohtani, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a voice synthesizing device includes a first operation receiving unit, a score transforming unit, and a voice synthesizing unit. The first operation receiving unit configured to receive a first operation specifying voice quality of a desired voice based on one or more upper level expressions indicating the voice quality. The score transforming unit configured to transform, based on a score transformation model that transforms a score of the upper level expression into a score of a lower level expression which is less abstract than the upper level expression, the score of the upper level expression corresponding to the first operation into a score of one or more lower level expressions. The voice synthesizing unit configured to generate a synthetic sound corresponding to a certain text based on the score of the lower level expression.