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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2007
Ellen M. Eide, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Raul Fernandez, New York, NY (US);
Wael M. Hamza, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Michael A. Picheny, White Plains, NY (US);
Ellen M. Eide, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Raul Fernandez, New York, NY (US);
Wael M. Hamza, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Michael A. Picheny, White Plains, NY (US);
Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for dynamically selecting among text-to-speech (TTS) systems. Exemplary embodiments of the systems and methods include identifying text for converting into a speech waveform, synthesizing said text by three TTS systems, generating a candidate waveform from each of the three systems, generating a score from each of the three systems, comparing each of the three scores, selecting a score based on a criteria and selecting one of the three waveforms based on the selected of the three scores.