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Method and system for the automatic generation of multi-lingual synchronized sub-titles for audiovisual data

US7117231B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Uwe Fischer · Berlin, DE
Stefan Hoffmann · Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE
Werner Kriechbaum · Herrenberg, DE
Gerhard Stenzel · Germering, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 27, 2001
Grant date	Oct 3, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 18, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S707/99954
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and system for computerized synchronization of an audio stream having a first synchronized textual representation usable for subtitling of the audio stream in the original language, with a second synchronized textual representation which can be used as an alternative subtitle including a transcription of the original language into another language. Time synchronous links can be built between the audio stream and, for instance, the textual representations of the words spoken in the audio stream. More particularly, the second representation can inherit the synchronization between the audio stream and the first representation using structure association information determined between the first and the second representation.

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