Method and apparatus for classifying lexical stress
US9928832B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 30, 2014 |
| Grant date | Mar 27, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L25/24
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for classifying lexical stress in an utterance includes generating a feature vector representing stress characteristics of a syllable occurring in the utterance, wherein the feature vector includes a plurality of features based on prosodic information and spectral information, computing a plurality of scores, wherein each of the plurality of scores is related to a probability of a given class of lexical stress, and classifying the lexical stress of the syllable based on the plurality of scores.
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