Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VARYING INTONATION OF VOICE SEGMENT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPS5977496
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
In a speech synthesizer, a method and apparatus for varying the intonation of a word or a phrase relies on the generation of pitch frequencies independent of the formant frequencies of synthesized speech. Pitch frequency is controlled and varied in successive repetitions of a phrase by reference to an external timing reference, such as stored tables of pitch frequencies as functions of time. At each repetition of a phrase, a different repetition rate produces successive repetitions of the same phrase with desired variations in intonation. The invention finds application in both time domain speech synthesis and frequency domain speech synthesis.
Inventors:
FUORESUTO SHIYURAGO MOZA
Application Number:
JP12563783A
Publication Date:
May 02, 1984
Filing Date:
July 12, 1983
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MOZER FORREST SHRAGO
International Classes:
G10L13/06; G10L13/10; (IPC1-7): G10L1/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masaki Yamakawa
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