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Compressing speech into a digital format

US5899974A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 31, 1996
Grant dateMay 4, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 31, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L19/0018
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for compressing speech. An audio signal comprising speech is broken down into its phonetic components. These phonetic components are then converted into data elements that represent each of the phonetic components. The determination of data elements is accomplished using a predefined table that correlates phonetic sounds to data elements. The data elements representing the phonetic sounds are then stored.

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