Synthetic speech reproducer of fixed phrases - extracts standard phrases from memory with gaps for variable words filled from second memory

摘要

An electrical system for the automatic generation of synthetic spoken phrases, with a number of memories and a data processing system to compose the required outputs from the component parts held in the memories. A first memory holds a number of outline phrases containing the main expression with gaps to be filled with variable sections. It is connected to a discriminator which transfers the main expressions directly on to the output circuit, and code signals contained in the variable sections to the data processing section which extracts the appropriate words from a second memory under the control of a sound level signal from a third memory.