Apparatus and method for translating speech and performing speech synthesis of translation result

A translation device and voice technology, applied in speech synthesis, speech analysis, speech recognition, etc., can solve problems such as harmful effects of smooth dialogue

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-03-21
KK TOSHIBA
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This raises issues that can have a very detrimental effect on the flow of a conversation

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[0036] A speech dialogue translation device and a speech dialogue translation method according to the best mode for carrying out the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0037] In the speech dialogue translation device according to the first embodiment, an input speech is aurally recognized, and each time it is judged that a phrase is input, the recognition result is translated while speech synthesis and output of a translation constituting the translation result are performed.

[0038] In the following description, it is assumed that the translation process is performed using Japanese as the source language and English as a translated language (hereinafter referred to as a target language). However, the combination of the source language and the target language is not limited to Japanese and English, and the present invention is applicable to any combination of languages.

[0039] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the ...

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A speech dialogue translation apparatus includes a speech recognition unit that recognizes a user's speech in a source language to be translated and outputs a recognition result; a source language storage unit that stores the recognition result; a translation decision unit that determines whether the recognition result stored in the source language storage unit is to be translated, based on a rule defining whether a part of an ongoing speech is to be translated; a translation unit that converts the recognition result into a translation described in an object language and outputs the translation, upon determination that the recognition result is to be translated; and a speech synthesizer that synthesizes the translation into a speech in the object language.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a device and method for translating speech and performing speech synthesis of the translation result. Background technique [0002] In recent years, baby boomers who have reached retirement age have begun visiting foreign countries en masse for sightseeing and technical assistance, and machine translation has become widely known as a technology used to help them communicate. Machine translation is also used in a service of translating and displaying in Japanese a Web page written in a foreign language retrieved through the Internet or the like. The machine translation technique, which basically translates one sentence at a time, can be used to translate so-called written language such as web pages or technical operating manuals. [0003] On the other hand, translators used for overseas travel etc. require small size and portability. In view of this, a portable translator utilizing corpus-based machine translation technology i...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F17/28G10L15/00G10L13/00
CPCG10L15/26G06F17/289G10L15/265G06F40/58
Inventor 土井美和子
Owner KK TOSHIBA
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