EP1248251A3 - Method and device for automatically converting text messages to speech messages - Google Patents

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EP1248251A3
EP1248251A3 EP02003909A EP02003909A EP1248251A3 EP 1248251 A3 EP1248251 A3 EP 1248251A3 EP 02003909 A EP02003909 A EP 02003909A EP 02003909 A EP02003909 A EP 02003909A EP 1248251 A3 EP1248251 A3 EP 1248251A3
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Die vorliegende Erfindung bezieht sich auf ein Verfahren sowie ein System, das beliebige geschriebene maschinenlesbare Text-Nachrichten (5), beispielsweise E-Mails oder Fax-Nachrichten, über ein geeignetes akustisches Wiedergabesystem (2), (4), (7), beispielsweise über ein Mobiltelephon, auf Grundlage eines zuvor generierten Sprachprofils akustisch ausgibt. Zur automatischen Umsetzung von Text-Nachrichten in Sprach-Nachrichten werden Sprachprobedaten eines Benutzers analysiert (S1) und auf Grundlage dieser Analyse ein Sprachprofil (3) erstellt. Durch die dadurch mögliche Sprachausgabe mit einer natürlichen und vor allem vertrauten Stimme wird ein Befremden beim Hören der ausgegebenen Sprache vermieden..

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The present invention relates to a method and a system which can write any written machine-readable text messages (5), for example e-mails or fax messages, via a suitable acoustic reproduction system (2), (4), (7), for example via a mobile phone, acoustically output based on a previously generated voice profile. For automatically converting text messages into voice messages, a user's speech sample data is analyzed (S1) and a speech profile (3) is created based on this analysis. The resulting possible voice output with a natural and above all familiar voice avoids confusion when listening to the output language.
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