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Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 22, 2021
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Ran Zhang, Redmond, WA (US);

Jian Luan, Beijing, CN;

Yahuan Cong, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 13/10 (2013.01); G10L 13/04 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 13/10 (2013.01); G10L 13/04 (2013.01); G10L 2013/105 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for spontaneous text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis. A target text may be obtained. A fluency reference factor may be determined based at least on the target text. An acoustic feature corresponding to the target text may be generated with the fluency reference factor. A speech waveform corresponding to the target text may be generated based on the acoustic feature.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Zhang, Ran. (2025). Spontaneous text to speech (tts) synthesis (U.S. Patent No. 12505825). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12505825

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