Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
86 words
A device for generating announcement information (15), comprising an input unit (1), for presenting first and second control signals, a storage unit (2) for storing natural speech information for selective outputting thereof under control of said first control signals, a speech generator (3) for under control of said second control signals generating synthetic speech information, and multiplexer means (4) fed by said storage unit and said speech generated for through time-exclusive gating of the natural speech information and the synthetic speech information assembling the announcement information.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
69 words
A device as claimed in Claim 1, characterized in that the device is arranged to generate at least one basic sentence consisting of speech blocks (B1, B2, B3, B4) which are stored as natural speech information in the storage unit (2), and key words (S1, S2, S3) which are formed from the synthetic speech information (14) and which can be inserted between individual speech blocks (B1, B2, B3, B4).
Claim 3
Independent Claim
53 words
A device as claimed in any one of the Claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the natural speech information is stored in the storage unit (2) in encoded form, the synthetic speech information (14) generated by the speech generator (3) being encoded in conformity with the code of the natural speech information.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
35 words
A device as claimed in any one of the Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the storage unit (2) stores information (US1, US2, US3) concerning the fundamental frequency variation of the natural speech information.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
42 words
A device as claimed in any one of the Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that for the output of the announcement information (15) there is provided an output unit (5) which comprises an output memory (9) and a digital-to-analog converter (6).
Claim 6
Independent Claim
28 words
A device as claimed in any one of the Claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the output unit (5) can be controlled by the input unit (1).
Claim 7
Independent Claim
26 words
A device as claimed in any one of the Claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the natural speech information is derived from one speaker only.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
38 words
A device as claimed in any one of the Claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the speech generator (3) contains a speech model which is based on speech data of the speaker of the natural speech information.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
36 words
A device as claimed in any one of the Claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the natural speech information can be input via a microphone (10) which can be connected to the input unit (1).