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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2002
Applicants:
Yuji Hisaminato, Hamamatsu, JP;
Jordi Bonada Sanjaume, Barcelona, ES;
Inventors:
Yuji Hisaminato, Hamamatsu, JP;
Jordi Bonada Sanjaume, Barcelona, ES;
Assignee:
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A voice synthesizing apparatus comprises: a memory that stores phoneme pieces having a plurality of different pitches for each phoneme represented by a same phoneme symbol; a reading device that reads a phoneme piece by using a pitch as an index; and a voice synthesizer that synthesizes a voice in accordance with the read phoneme piece.