Language learning and speech enhancement through natural language processing

US10916154B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Mahmoud Amin · Poughkeepsie, US
• Zhenxing Bi · Dunn Loring, US
• Lawrence A. Clevenger · Saratoga Springs, US
• Leigh Anne H. Clevenger · Rhinebeck, US
• Christopher J. Penny · Saratoga Springs, US
• Krishna R. Tunga · Wappingers Falls, US
• Loma Vaishnav · Wappingers Falls, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 25, 2017
• Grant date: Feb 9, 2021
• Expiry date: Jun 29, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G10L15/26
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and an incremental learning system are provided for language learning and speech enhancement. The method includes transforming acoustic utterances uttered by an individual into textual representations thereof, by a voice-to-language processor configured to perform speech recognition. The method further includes accelerating speech development in the individual, by an incremental learning system that includes the voice-to-language processor and that processes the acoustic utterances using natural language processing and analytics to determine and incrementally provide new material to the individual for learning.