The present invention provides an image heating apparatus including: a conveying roller for conveying the recording material; a heat supply member which supplies heat to the conveying roller, the heat supply member being in contact with an external periphery of the conveying roller to form a heating nip portion; a back-up member which forms a conveying nip portion in cooperation with the conveying roller for nipping and conveying the recording material; wherein, in a rotating direction of the conveying roller, the heating nip portion has a width larger than a width of the conveying nip portion, and a total pressure applied to the conveying nip portion is larger than a total pressure applied to the heating nip portion.

 
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> Speech synthesizing method and apparatus for altering amplitudes of voiced and invoiced portions

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