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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2008
Fan Ping Meng, Beijing, CN;
Yong Qin, Beijing, CN;
Qin Shi, Beijing, CN;
Zhi Wei Shuang, Beijing, CN;
Fan Ping Meng, Beijing, CN;
Yong Qin, Beijing, CN;
Qin Shi, Beijing, CN;
Zhi Wei Shuang, Beijing, CN;
Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for voice conversion. The method includes performing speech analysis on the speech of a source speaker to achieve speech information; performing spectral conversion based on said speech information, to at least achieve a first spectrum similar to the speech of a target speaker; performing unit selection on the speech of said target speaker at least using said first spectrum as a target; replacing at least part of said first spectrum with the spectrum of the selected target speaker's speech unit; and performing speech reconstruction at least based on the replaced spectrum.