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Speech effects

US9037467B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Thomas H. Gnech · Eppelheim, DE
Steffen Koenig · Heidelberg, DE
Oliver Petrik · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 18, 2012
Grant date	May 19, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 26, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG10L21/16
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of complementing a spoken text. The method including receiving text data representative of a natural language text, receiving effect control data including at least one effect control record, each effect control record being associated with a respective location in the natural language text, receiving a stream of audio data, analyzing the stream of audio data for natural language utterances that correlate with the natural language text at a respective one of the locations, and outputting, in response to a determination by the analyzing that a natural language utterance in the stream of audio data correlates with a respective one of the locations, at least one effect control signal based on the effect control record associated with the respective location.

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