GARY ANDRE MARPLE
Pilots at Ringling Blvd, Sarasota, FL
License number
Florida A2364747
Issued Date
Nov 2015
Expiration Date
Nov 2017
Category
Airmen
Type
Authorized Aircraft Instructor
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Address
1771 Ringling Blvd UNIT 1012, Sarasota, FL 34236
Professional information
Methods For Aligning Expressive Speech Utterances With Text And Systems Therefor
US Patent:
2013026, Oct 3, 2013
Filed:
Sep 21, 2012
Appl. No.:
13/624175
Inventors:
Reiner WILHELMS-TRICARICO - Belchertown MA, US
Brian MOTTERSHEAD - Carlisle MA, US
Rattima NITISAROJ - Silver Spring MD, US
Michael BAUMGARTNER - Sachse TX, US
John B. REICHENBACH - Newton MA, US
Gary A. MARPLE - Sarasota FL, US
Brian MOTTERSHEAD - Carlisle MA, US
Rattima NITISAROJ - Silver Spring MD, US
Michael BAUMGARTNER - Sachse TX, US
John B. REICHENBACH - Newton MA, US
Gary A. MARPLE - Sarasota FL, US
Assignee:
LESSAC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. - West Newton MA
International Classification:
G10L 25/90, G10L 25/30
US Classification:
704202, 704207, 704209
Abstract:
A system-effected method for synthesizing speech, or recognizing speech including a sequence of expressive speech utterances. The method can be computer-implemented and can include system-generating a speech signal embodying the sequence of expressive speech utterances. Other possible steps include: system-marking the speech signal with a pitch marker indicating a pitch change at or near a first zero amplitude crossing point of the speech signal following a glottal closure point, at a minimum, at a maximum or at another location; system marking the speech signal with at least one further pitch marker; system-aligning a sequence of prosodically marked text with the pitch-marked speech signal according to the pitch markers; and system outputting the aligned text or the aligned speech signal, respectively. Computerized systems, and stored programs for implementing method embodiments of the invention are also disclosed.