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System and method for configuring voice readers using semantic analysis

A semantic analysis and speech technology, applied in the system field, can solve the problems of unconfigured and inappropriate speech readers.

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-05-04
INT BUSINESS MASCH CORP
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In this example, the preconfigured voice is appropriate when translating children's book text for children, but may not be appropriate for translating financial articles for adults
[0004] Also, the voice reader is not configurable to convert specific parts of the text file based on the user's interests

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[0041] figure 1 is a diagram showing, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, that a client receives a web page from a server and generates a synthesized speech signal having attributes corresponding to the semantic content of the web page. Client 100 sends request 105 to server 110 over computer network 140, such as the Internet. Request 105 includes an identifier (ie, URL) supported by server 110 for a particular web page. For example, request 105 may correspond to a financial article, and server 110 may be a server supporting "WallStreetJournal.com." Server 110 receives request 105 and retrieves a web page corresponding to the request from web page storage 115 . Server 110 sends web page 130 to client 100 via computer network 140 .

[0042]Client machine 100 receives web page 130 and displays the web page on display 145 . Using the above example, the client machine 100 displays financial articles on the display 145 for the user to read. Clie...

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A system and method for using semantic analysis to configure a voice reader is presented. A text file includes a plurality of text blocks, such as paragraphs. Processing performs semantic analysis on each text block in order to match the text block's semantic content with a semantic identifier. Once processing matches a semantic identifier with the text block, processing retrieves voice attributes that correspond to the semantic identifier (i.e. pitch value, loudness value, and pace value) and provides the voice attributes to a voice reader. The voice reader uses the text block to produce a synthesized voice signal with properties that correspond to the voice attributes. The text block may include semantic tags whereby processing performs latent semantic indexing on the semantic tags in order to match semantic identifiers to the semantic tags.

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technical field [0001] The present invention generally relates to a system and method for configuring a voice reader using semantic analysis. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system and method for selecting phonetic attributes corresponding to the semantic content of a text block and using the phonetic attributes to convert the text block into synthesized speech. Background technique [0002] Speech Reader is used to convert text files to synthesized speech. The text file may be received from an external source, such as a web page, or may be received from a local source, such as a compact disk. For example, a visually impaired user may use a voice reader that receives a web page from a server over a computer network (ie, the Internet) and converts the text of the web page into synthesized speech for the user to hear. In another example, a child may use a voice reader that retrieves a children's book text file from a compact disc and converts the childr...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G10L13/08
CPCG10L13/04G10L13/08
Inventor 史蒂夫·E·阿特金贾纳尼·贾纳基拉曼戴维·B·库姆希尔
Owner INT BUSINESS MASCH CORP
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