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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2008
Ciprian Agapi, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Oswaldo Gago, Margate, FL (US);
Maria Elena Smith, Davie, FL (US);
Roberto Vila, Hollywood, FL (US);
Ciprian Agapi, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Oswaldo Gago, Margate, FL (US);
Maria Elena Smith, Davie, FL (US);
Roberto Vila, Hollywood, FL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for creating and editing an XML-based speech synthesis document for input to a text-to-speech engine is provided. The method includes recording voice utterances of a user reading a pre-selected text and parsing the recorded voice utterances into individual words and periods of silence. The method also includes recording a synthesized speech output generated by a text-to-speech engine, the synthesized speech output being an audible rendering of the pre-selected text, and parsing the synthesized speech output into individual words and periods of silence. The method further includes annotating the XML-based speech synthesis document based upon a comparison of the recorded voice utterances and the recorded synthesized speech output.