Method and apparatus for synthesizing speech from speech recognition templates
CA 1321425 C · Owner: Borth, David Edward · Inventors: Borth, David Edward; Lindsley, Brett Louis; Gerson, Ira Alan
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A user-interactive control system for an electronic device is disclosed which synthesizes speech from speech recogniton templates to generate voice reply feedback to the user indicative of which template word was recognized. The acoustic features of the user-spoken speech are extracted by the acoustic processor (110) and applied to the training processor (170) to generate word recogniton templates stored in the template memory (160). Recognition processor (120) compares the user-spoken features to the recognition templates to provide voice command data for the device controller (130) which controls the operating parameters of the electronic device (150). The device controller also produces …
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- Granted August 17, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 17, 2010.
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