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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2005
Natsuki Saito, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Kamai, Kyoto, JP;
Yumiko Kato, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A voice synthesis device for generating synthetic voice having great freedom in voice quality and good sound quality from text data is provided. The voice synthesis device is provided with: voice synthesis DBs (and); a voice synthesis unit () for acquiring a text () and generating a voice synthesis parameter value sequence () of voice quality A which corresponds to a character that is included in the text () from the voice synthesis DB (); a voice synthesis unit () generating a voice synthesis parameter value sequence () of voice quality Z which corresponds to a character that is included in the text () from the voice synthesis DB (); a voice morphing unit () for generating a intermediate voice synthesis parameter value sequence () for indicating synthetic voice of intermediate voice quality between voice quality A and voice quality Z which corresponds to a character that is included in the text () from the voice synthesis parameter value sequence () of voice quality A and voice quality Z; and a speaker () for converting the generated intermediate voice synthesis parameter value sequence () to the synthetic voice and outputting the resulting synthetic voice.