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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2003
Geert Coorman, Kortrijk, BE;
Filip Deprez, Kortrijk, BE;
Mario DE Bock, Ronse, BE;
Justin Fackrell, Ghent, BE;
Steven Leys, Kortrijk, BE;
Peter Rutten, Ghent, BE;
Jan DE Moortel, Kortrijk, BE;
Andre Schenk, Kortrijk, BE;
Bert Van Coile, Bruges, BE;
Geert Coorman, Kortrijk, BE;
Filip Deprez, Kortrijk, BE;
Mario De Bock, Ronse, BE;
Justin Fackrell, Ghent, BE;
Steven Leys, Kortrijk, BE;
Peter Rutten, Ghent, BE;
Jan De Moortel, Kortrijk, BE;
Andre Schenk, Kortrijk, BE;
Bert Van Coile, Bruges, BE;
Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
A high quality speech synthesizer in various embodiments concatenates speech waveforms referenced by a large speech database. Speech quality is further improved by speech unit selection and concatenation smoothing.