Patents by Inventor Andy Aaron

Andy Aaron has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8886538
    Abstract: Systems and methods for speech synthesis and, in particular, text-to-speech systems and methods for converting a text input to a synthetic waveform by processing prosodic and phonetic content of a spoken example of the text input to accurately mimic the input speech style and pronunciation. Systems and methods provide an interface to a TTS system to allow a user to input a text string and a spoken utterance of the text string, extract prosodic parameters from the spoken input, and process the prosodic parameters to derive corresponding markup for the text input to enable a more natural sounding synthesized speech.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Andy Aaron, Raimo Bakis, Ellen M. Eide, Wael M. Hamza
  • Publication number: 20050071163
    Abstract: Systems and methods for speech synthesis and, in particular, text-to-speech systems and methods for converting a text input to a synthetic waveform by processing prosodic and phonetic content of a spoken example of the text input to accurately mimic the input speech style and pronunciation. Systems and methods provide an interface to a TTS system to allow a user to input a text string and a spoken utterance of the text string, extract prosodic parameters from the spoken input, and process the prosodic parameters to derive corresponding markup for the text input to enable a more natural sounding synthesized speech.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andy Aaron, Raimo Bakis, Ellen Eide, Wael Hamza