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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2001
Eliot M. Case, Denver, CO (US);
Richard P. Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Eliot M. Case, Denver, CO (US);
Richard P. Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Qwest Communications International Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
A method of making a digital voice library utilized for converting text to concatenated voice in accordance with a set of playback rules includes generating a complex tone that reflects a particular inflection required for a particular voice recording of a particular speech item. The complex tone is composed of portions of a recording of a voice talent uttering a vocal sequence. The voice talent is recorded reciting the particular speech item to make the particular voice recording. The voice talent uses the complex tone as a guide to allow the voice talent to recite the particular speech item in accordance with the particular inflection.