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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masahiro Yamamoto, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 13/08 (2013.01); G10L 13/04 (2013.01); G10L 13/033 (2013.01); G10L 13/10 (2013.01); G10L 21/003 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 13/08 (2013.01); G10L 13/033 (2013.01); G10L 13/04 (2013.01); G10L 13/10 (2013.01); G10L 21/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A speech processing apparatus includes a specifier, and a modulator. The specifier specifies any one or more of one or more speeches included in speeches to be output, as an emphasis part based on an attribute of the speech. The modulator modulates the emphasis part of at least one of first speech to be output to the first output unit and second speech to be output to the second output unit such that at least one of a pitch and a phase is different between the emphasis part of the first speech and the emphasis part of the second speech.