▎ 摘　　要

NOVELTY - The method involves receiving a script. A voice signal is generated corresponding to the script. A grapheme sequence is generated, where the grapheme sequence includes a consonant and a vowel based on the script. Timing information is included with timings of the consonants and the vowels included in the graphite sequence. A final consonant and a leading consonant are extracted from the graphene sequence, where the final consonant and the leading consonant are adjacent to each other. The co-articulation rule and an order is determined based on the final consonant. A phoneme sequence is updated by applying the co-articulation rule to the final and leading consonants according to the order. A speech animation is generated by deforming a mouth shape of an avatar and a tongue shape of the avatar based on timing information and the phoneme sequences. USE - Method for generating speech animation for an avatar in cultural industries. Uses include but are not limited to movies, animation, games and education. ADVANTAGE - The method enables generating the speech animation in an effective manner. DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for: (1) a computer program for executing a set of instructions for generating speech animation ; and (2) an apparatus for generating speech animation. DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a flowchart illustrating a method for generating speech animation (Drawing includes non-English language text).