Graphical user interface and method for modifying pronunciations in text-to-speech and speech recognition systems
US7292980B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 30, 1999 |
| Grant date | Nov 6, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 30, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L13/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and user interface which allow users to make decisions about how to pronounce words and parts of words based on audio cues and common words with well known pronunciations. Users input or select words for which they want to set or modify pronunciations. To set the pronunciation of a given letter or letter combination in the word, the user selects the letters and is presented with a list of common words whose pronunciations, or portions thereof, are substantially identical to possible pronunciations of the selected letters. The list of sample, common words is ordered based on frequency of correlation in common usage, the most common being designated as the default sample word, and the user is first presented with a subset of the words in the list which are most likely to be selected. In addition, the present invention allows for storage in the dictionary of several different pronunciations for the same word, to allow for contextual differences and individual preferences.
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