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Computer-implemented systems and methods for scoring concatenated speech responses

US9361908B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 24, 2012
Grant dateJun 7, 2016
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Expiry dateSep 7, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L15/26
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for scoring non-native speech. Two or more speech samples are received, where each of the samples are of speech spoken by a non-native speaker, and where each of the samples are spoken in response to distinct prompts. The two or more samples are concatenated to generate a concatenated response for the non-native speaker, where the concatenated response is based on the two or more speech samples that were elicited using the distinct prompts. A concatenated speech proficiency metric is computed based on the concatenated response, and the concatenated speech proficiency metric is provided to a scoring model, where the scoring model generates a speaking score based on the concatenated speech metric.

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