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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2003
Applicants:
Jordan Cohen, Gloucester, MA (US);
Daniel L. Roth, Boston, MA (US);
Igor Zlokarnik, Natick, MA (US);
Inventors:
Jordan Cohen, Gloucester, MA (US);
Daniel L. Roth, Boston, MA (US);
Igor Zlokarnik, Natick, MA (US);
Assignee:
Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/00 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2006.01); G10L 15/04 (2013.01); G10L 13/00 (2006.01); G10L 13/08 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for synthesizing audible phrases (words) that includes capturing a spoken utterance, which may be a word, and extracting prosodic information (parameters) there from, then applying the prosodic parameters to a synthesized (nominal) word to produce a prosodic mimic word corresponding to the spoken utterance and the nominal word.