Title:
SPEECH SPEED CONVERSION APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2007047313
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a speech speed conversion apparatus capable of converting speech to natural voice, while maintaining clearness including passage between vowels (co-articulation).
In an extending processing section 12, weighting is imposed so that an extending rate for a co-articulation section between vowels in sonant data which are output from an analysis buffer section 6a by analysis by a sound analysis section 6 may be made smaller than the extending rate to the vowel in sonant data, and extending processing is performed to the sonant data with each extending rate.
Inventors:
SAKAI KAZUKI
Application Number:
JP2005229901A
Publication Date:
February 22, 2007
Filing Date:
August 08, 2005
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SONY CORP
International Classes:
G10L21/047; G10L21/057
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Akira Koike
Eiichi Tamura
Seiji Iga
Eiichi Tamura
Seiji Iga