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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2008
Yumiko Kato, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Kamai, Kyoto, JP;
Masakatsu Hoshimi, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A voice emphasizing device emphasizes in a speech a 'strained rough voice' at a position where a speaker or user of the speech intends to generate emphasis or musical expression. Thereby, the voice emphasizing device can provide the position with emphasis of anger, excitement, tension, or an animated way of speaking, or musical expression of Enka (Japanese ballad), blues, rock, or the like. As a result, rich vocal expression can be achieved. The voice emphasizing device includes: an emphasis utterance section detection unit () detecting, from an input speech waveform, an emphasis section that is a time duration having a waveform intended by the speaker or user to be converted; and a voice emphasizing unit () increasing fluctuation of an amplitude envelope of the waveform in the detected emphasis section.