Distributed collection and processing of voice bank data
US9336782B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 29, 2015 |
| Grant date | May 10, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 29, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L17/24
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Voice data may be collected by a plurality of voice donors and stored in a voice bank. A voice donor may authenticate to a voice collection system to start a session to provide voice data. During the voice collection session, the voice donor may be presented with a sequence of prompts to speak and voice data may be transferred to a server. The received voice data may be processed to determine the speech units spoken by the voice donor and a count of speech units received from the voice donor may be updated. Feedback may be provided to the voice donor indicating, for example, a progress of the voice collection, a quality level of the voice data, or information about speech unit counts. The voice bank may be used to create TTS voices for voice recipients, create a model of voice aging, or for other applications.
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