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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2008
Applicants:
Ellen Marie Eide, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Wael Mohamed Hamza, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Inventors:
Ellen Marie Eide, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Wael Mohamed Hamza, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Assignee:
Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A technique for producing speech output in a text-to-speech system is provided. A message is created for communication to a user in a natural language generator of the text-to-speech system. The message is annotated in the natural language generator with a synthetic speech output style. The message is conveyed to the user through a speech synthesis system in communication with the natural language generator, wherein the message is conveyed in accordance with the synthetic speech output style.