Appeal No. 1998-0650
Application 08/548,794
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for generating a statistical representation
of intonational feature information for a text-to-speech
system, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) annotating a set of predetermined text with
intonational feature annotations to generate annotated text,
the set of predetermined text being unrelated to speech, said
annotating being performed by a human annotator;
(b) with a computer means, generating a set of structural
information regarding the predetermined text;
(c) with the computer means, generating said statistical
representations of intonational feature information based on
the set of structural information and the intonational feature
annotations; and
(d) storing said statistical representation for use in
training a text-to-speech system.
The Examiner does not rely on any references.
Claims 1, 2 and 4 through 20 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 101 as being directed to non-statutory subject
matter.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the
Examiner, reference is made to the brief and the Examiner's
answer for the respective details thereof.
OPINION
After a careful consideration of the record before us, we
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