System and method of teleconferencing with the deaf or hearing-impaired
US6618704B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 1, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 9, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 8, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L2021/065
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method is provided for real time teleconferencing, where one of the participants is deaf or hearing-impaired. In one aspect of the system and method, each participant has an Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) system and a chat service system, such as AOL Instant Messenger™. Each participant may have a different type of ASR system, as well as a different type of chat service system. It is not necessary that the deaf or hearing-impaired participant have an ASR system. For each participant, the participant's ASR system transcribes the speech of the participant and provides it to the participant's chat service system, which translates the transcribed text into the chat service message in the format of the participant's chat service system. An Integration Server receives all the participant's chat messages, which have various formats, and translates them into the format used by the chat service system of the deaf or hearing-impaired participant, thus allowing her to see the transcribed text of the conversation between the other participants. In addition, the deaf or hearing-impaired participant inputs text to her chat service system, which creates a formatted message …
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