EP1668629A4 - Letter to sound conversion for synthesized pronounciation of a text segment - Google Patents

Letter to sound conversion for synthesized pronounciation of a text segment

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EP1668629A4
EP1668629A4 EP04784356A EP04784356A EP1668629A4 EP 1668629 A4 EP1668629 A4 EP 1668629A4 EP 04784356 A EP04784356 A EP 04784356A EP 04784356 A EP04784356 A EP 04784356A EP 1668629 A4 EP1668629 A4 EP 1668629A4
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Prior art keywords
pronounciation
letter
synthesized
text segment
sound conversion
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP1668629B1 (en
EP1668629A1 (en
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Gui-Lin Chen
Jian-Cheng Huang
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Motorola Solutions Inc
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Motorola Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L13/00—Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
    • G10L13/08—Text analysis or generation of parameters for speech synthesis out of text, e.g. grapheme to phoneme translation, prosody generation or stress or intonation determination
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L13/00—Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
    • G10L13/06—Elementary speech units used in speech synthesisers; Concatenation rules
EP04784356A 2003-09-29 2004-09-17 Letter-to-sound conversion for synthesized pronunciation of a text segment Expired - Fee Related EP1668629B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CNB031327095A CN1308908C (en) 2003-09-29 2003-09-29 Transformation from characters to sound for synthesizing text paragraph pronunciation
PCT/US2004/030468 WO2005034083A1 (en) 2003-09-29 2004-09-17 Letter to sound conversion for synthesized pronounciation of a text segment

Publications (3)

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EP1668629A1 EP1668629A1 (en) 2006-06-14
EP1668629A4 true EP1668629A4 (en) 2007-01-10
EP1668629B1 EP1668629B1 (en) 2009-03-11

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KR (1) KR100769032B1 (en)
CN (1) CN1308908C (en)
DE (1) DE602004019949D1 (en)
RU (1) RU2320026C2 (en)
WO (1) WO2005034083A1 (en)

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KR100769032B1 (en) 2007-10-22
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EP1668629B1 (en) 2009-03-11
KR20060056404A (en) 2006-05-24
WO2005034083A1 (en) 2005-04-14
RU2320026C2 (en) 2008-03-20
CN1308908C (en) 2007-04-04
RU2006114705A (en) 2007-11-10
EP1668629A1 (en) 2006-06-14

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