| 摘要 |
<p>PURPOSE: To provide a voice rule synthesis device in which a infant word, aged word, etc., can be synthesized while changed in their pronunciation from that of a usual vocabulary, so that pronunciation can be enabled in accordance with the age of a person for whom a synthesized voice is produced. CONSTITUTION: The device is provided with a text analysis means 1 which performs morpheme analysis to text data, a phoneme control means 3 which generates a phoneme group from the text data subjected to morpheme analysis, a rhythm control means 4 which performs rhythm control to the text data subjected to morpheme analysis, a voice synthesis means 5 which synthesizes each pronounced voice based on the outputs of the means 3 and 4 and a phoneme series changing means 6 which changes the output of the means 3 in accordance with the age of a speaker. Moreover, it is preferably provided with a rhythm information varying means 7 which changes the output of the means 4 in accordance with the age of a speaker. Having this constitution, a voice synthesis device capable of pronouncing a voice according to the age of a speaker (for example, a child or an old person).</p> |
