Melissa K Wallentine

US Patent:

61889849, Feb 13, 2001

Filed:

Nov 17, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/193722

Inventors:

Michael E. Manwaring - Pleasant Grove UT
Steven F. McDaniel - Provo UT
Kara Felix - Salt Lake City UT
Melissa Wallentine - Springville UT
Starla Blackburn - American Fork UT

Assignee:

Fonix Corporation - Salt Lake City UT

International Classification:

G10L 1306
G10L 1308

US Classification:

704260

Abstract:

A method and system consistent with the present invention parses text into syllables. The text is converted into a sequence of "phonemes," basic units of pronounceable and audible speech, divided by syllables. The text may be converted into phonemes using a phonetic dictionary, and the phonemes transformed into another phoneme sequence using a set of transformation rules that are ranked for evaluation to determine the syllable barriers.