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Systems and methods for building a native language phoneme lexicon having native pronunciations of non-native words derived from non-native pronunciatons

US7957969B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Nuance Communications, Inc. · US

Inventors

Neal J. Alewine · Boynton Beach, US
Eric William Janke · Winchester, GB
Paul H. Sharp · South Pasadena, US
Roberto Sicconi · Ridgefield, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 1, 2008
Grant date	Jun 7, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 16, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG10L15/187
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for automatically building a native phonetic lexicon for a speech-based application trained to process a native (base) language, wherein the native phonetic lexicon includes native phonetic transcriptions (base forms) for non-native (foreign) words which are automatically derived from non-native phonetic transcriptions of the non-native words.

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