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Method and system for adding punctuation to voice files

US9442910B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 19, 2014
Grant dateSep 13, 2016
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Expiry dateJan 31, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L15/04
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for adding punctuation to a voice file is disclosed. The method includes: utilizing silence or pause duration detection to divide a voice file into a plurality of speech segments for processing, the voice file includes a plurality of features units; identifying all features units that appear in the voice file according to every term or expression and semantics features of the every term or expression that form each of the plurality of speech segments; using a linguistic model to determine a sum of weight of various punctuation modes in the voice file according to all the feature units, the linguistic model is built upon semantics features of various parsed out terms or expressions from a body text of a spoken sentence according to a language library; and adding punctuations to the voice file based on the determined sum of weight of the various punctuation modes.

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