Inventor · Morristown, NJ, US

Ann K. Syrdal

55Patents
10h-index
24Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 23, 1998 → Mar 15, 2021

Most-cited inventions

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US8510113B1 Method and system for enhancing a speech database Physics 51 Active
US6950798B1 Employing speech models in concatenative speech synthesis Physics 26 Expired
US8897500B2 System and method for dynamic facial features for speaker recognition Physics 23 Active
US6601030B2 Method and system for recorded word concatenation Physics 16 Expired
US7305340B1 System and method for configuring voice synthesis Physics 16 Expired
US9002713B2 System and method for speech personalization by need Physics 15 Active
US7912718B1 Method and system for enhancing a speech database Physics 14 Active
US9318114B2 System and method for generating challenge utterances for speaker verification Physics 12 Active
US8548807B2 System and method for adapting automatic speech recognition pronunciation by acoustic model restructuring Physics 11 Active
US8666746B2 System and method for generating customized text-to-speech voices Physics 10 Active
US8073693B2 System and method for pronunciation modeling Physics 8 Active
US9431011B2 System and method for pronunciation modeling Physics 5 Active
US8566098B2 System and method for improving synthesized speech interactions of a spoken dialog system Physics 5 Active
US8862470B2 System and method for pronunciation modeling Physics 4 Active
US8024191B2 System and method of word lattice augmentation using a pre/post vocalic consonant distinction Physics 4 Active
US9269346B2 System and method for synthetic voice generation and modification Electricity 4 Active
US9218815B2 System and method for dynamic facial features for speaker recognition Physics 3 Active
US8015008B2 System and method of using acoustic models for automatic speech recognition which distinguish pre- and post-vocalic consonants Physics 3 Active
US9240177B2 System and method for generating customized text-to-speech voices Physics 3 Active
US8428443B2 Systems and methods of providing modified media content Electricity 2 Active
US9721558B2 System and method for generating customized text-to-speech voices Physics 2 Active
US8805687B2 System and method for generalized preselection for unit selection synthesis Physics 2 Active
US10249290B2 System and method for prosodically modified unit selection databases Physics 2 Active
US8510112B1 Method and system for enhancing a speech database Physics 1 Active
US9628741B2 Systems and methods of providing modified media content Electricity 1 Active

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