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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2001
Raimo Bakis, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Hari Chittaluru, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Edward A. Epstein, Putnum Valley, NY (US);
Steven J. Friedland, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Abraham Ittycheriah, Danbury, CT (US);
Stephen G. Lawrence, Southhampton, GB;
Michael A. Picheny, White Plains, NY (US);
Charles Rutherfoord, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Maria E. Smith, Plantation, FL (US);
Raimo Bakis, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Hari Chittaluru, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Edward A. Epstein, Putnum Valley, NY (US);
Steven J. Friedland, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Abraham Ittycheriah, Danbury, CT (US);
Stephen G. Lawrence, Southhampton, GB;
Michael A. Picheny, White Plains, NY (US);
Charles Rutherfoord, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Maria E. Smith, Plantation, FL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In a text-to-speech system, a method of converting text-to-speech can include receiving a text input and comparing the received text input to at least one entry in a text-to-speech cache memory. Each entry in the text-to-speech cache memory can specify a corresponding spoken output. If the text input matches one of the entries in the text-to-speech cache memory, the cached speech output specified by the matching entry can be provided.