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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nobuo Nukaga, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinori Kitahara, Tachikawa, JP;
Keiko Fujita, Tachikawa, JP;
Haru Ando, Kodaira, JP;
Shunichi Yajima, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 1/308 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 1/308 ;
Abstract
A prosodic parameter for an input text is computed by storing a sentence of vocalized speech in a speech corpus memory, searching for a stored text having a similar prosody to an input text as a key to the speech corpus and modifying the prosodic parameter based upon the search results. Because a plurality of prosodic parameters are handled as a linking data, a synthesized sound similar to natural speech having a natural intonation and prosody is produced.