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Determining text to speech pronunciation based on an utterance from a user

US8275621B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 18, 2011
Grant dateSep 25, 2012
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Expiry dateMay 18, 2031

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  • 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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