Text to speech synthesis for texts with foreign language inclusions
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    发明公开
    Text to speech synthesis for texts with foreign language inclusions 审中-公开
    Text-zu-Sprache-SynthesefürTexte mit fremdsprachlichenEinfügungen

    公开(公告)号:EP2595143A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-22

    申请号:EP11189474.7

    申请日:2011-11-17

    申请人: Svox AG

    IPC分类号: G10L13/08 G10L13/06

    摘要: A method is disclosed to generate a speech output from a text input written in a first language and containing inclusions in a second language. The speech output generated by the disclosed method is characterized by a consistent, unique speaker identity. Words in the native language are pronounced with a native pronunciation and words in the foreign language are pronounced with a proficient foreign pronunciation. Language dependent phoneme symbols generated for words of the second language are replaced with language dependent phoneme symbols of the first language, where said replacing includes the steps of assigning to each language dependent phoneme symbol of the second language a language independent target phoneme symbol, mapping to each one language independent target phoneme symbol a language independent substitute phoneme symbol assignable to a language dependent substitute phoneme symbol of the first language, substituting the language dependent phoneme symbols of the second language by the language dependent substitute phoneme symbols of the first language. This results in a target unit sequence of phoneme symbols of the first language. From a waveform unit database of the first language a waveform unit sequence approximating the at least one target unit sequence is selected and concatenated to the speech waveform.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种从以第一语言写入并以第二语言包含的文本输入生成语音输出的方法。 由所公开的方法产生的语音输出的特征在于一致且独特的扬声器身份。 母语中的母语用本地发音发音,外语中的词以精通外语发音发音。 为第二语言的字生成的与语言相关的音素符号被替换为第一语言的与语言相关的音素符号,其中所述替换包括分配给第二语言的每个语言相关音素符号的步骤,该语音独立的语音符号与语言无关的目标音素符号,映射到 每一个语言独立的目标音素符号是可分配给第一语言的语言相关替代音素符号的语言独立替代音素符号,用第一语言的语言相关替代音素符号代替第二语言的语言相关音素符号。 这导致第一语言的音素符号的目标单元序列。 从第一语言的波形单元数据库中选择与该至少一个目标单元序列近似的波形单元序列并将其连接到语音波形。