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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2009
Sheng Zhao, Beijing, CN;
Zhi LI, Beijing, CN;
Shenghao Qin, Beijing, CN;
Chiwei Che, Beijing, CN;
Jingyang Xu, Kirkland, WA (US);
Binggong Ding, Beijing, CN;
Sheng Zhao, Beijing, CN;
Zhi Li, Beijing, CN;
Shenghao Qin, Beijing, CN;
Chiwei Che, Beijing, CN;
Jingyang Xu, Kirkland, WA (US);
Binggong Ding, Beijing, CN;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques to create and share custom voice fonts are described. An apparatus may include a preprocessing component to receive voice audio data and a corresponding text script from a client and to process the voice audio data to produce prosody labels and a rich script. The apparatus may further include a verification component to automatically verify the voice audio data and the text script. The apparatus may further include a training component to train a custom voice font from the verified voice audio data and rich script and to generate custom voice font data usable by the TTS component. Other embodiments are described and claimed.