| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the method which enables a user to easily edit and generate a speech message with desired rhythm characteristics, the device for implementing the method, and the recording medium where the method is recorded. SOLUTION: According to a three-layered rhythm control describing method which regards a control command represented with a word showing the meaning of information other than a language as a rhythm control command of a semantic layer (S layer) and interprets the rhythm control command of the S layer, regards a control command specifying control over the rhythm parameter of a voice as a rhythm control command of an interpretation layer (I layer), and regards a rhythm parameter as an object of control by the rhythm control command of the I layer as a rhythm parameter of a parameter layer (P layer), the rhythm control command is inserted at the position of a character or character string to be given the information other than the language in a text. The text is converted into a rhythm parameter sequence by synthesis based upon a rule, the rhythm parameter corresponding to the character or character string to be corrected is corrected with the rhythm control command, and a speech is synthesized according to the parameter string including the corrected rhythm parameter. |
