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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2006
Makoto Akabane, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Yano, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiichi Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Goro Shiraishi, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Kudo, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Tange, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Akabane, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Yano, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiichi Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Goro Shiraishi, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Kudo, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Tange, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is intended to provide a text-to-speech synthesis apparatus, including a storage for storing phoneme data of a plurality of speakers; a selector for selecting one of the plurality of speakers in accordance with an operation performed by a user; a searcher for searching the storage for phoneme data of the speaker selected by the selector; a text-to-speech synthesis processor for linking the phoneme data of the speaker retrieved by the searcher to convert input data into a synthetic speech; and a fee-charge controller for controlling a fee-charge operation for the user in accordance with the phoneme data selected by the selector. Consequently, the user can perform text-to-speech synthesis on the desired input data such as drama data by use of the obtained phoneme data.