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Apparatus and method for correcting pronunciation by contextual recognition

a contextual recognition and pronunciation technology, applied in the field of apparatus and method for correcting pronunciation by contextual recognition, can solve the problems of user difficulty in pronounced sentences including individual words, user may incorrectly pronounce words, etc., and achieve the effect of convenient for users and pronounced difference between words

Inactive Publication Date: 2018-05-10
SENDBIRD INC
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The patent describes an invention that can extract keywords from a sentence and analyze their context to suggest a more natural and general expression. It can also provide a spoken or vocalized version of a sentence by replacing any unsuitable words with a suitable alternative word based on the context. Additionally, it allows users to input their own sentences for comparison. The technical effects of this invention include improved natural language processing and user-friendlinness.

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At an initial stage of learning a language, a user may learn how to pronounce individual words in the language, but the user may find it difficult to pronounce a sentence including the individual words.
Thus, when a user who learns a language does not recognize such a linguistic variation, the user may incorrectly pronounce a word in a sentence in the language.

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[0019]Hereinafter, some example embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Regarding the reference numerals assigned to the elements in the drawings, it should be noted that the same elements will be designated by the same reference numerals, wherever possible, even though they are shown in different drawings. Also, in the description of embodiments, detailed description of well-known related structures or functions will be omitted when it is deemed that such description will cause ambiguous interpretation of the present disclosure.

[0020]A contextual recognition-based pronunciation correcting apparatus and method to be described hereinafter may convert speech data recorded from a user to first text data, extract a keyword from the first text data, analyze whether a word in the first text data is suitable for a context of the first text data based on the keyword, and output, as a speech or a vocalized text data, second text data in which an u...

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Abstract

Disclosed is an apparatus and method for correcting pronunciation by contextual recognition. The apparatus may include an interface configured to receive, from a speech recognition server, first text data obtained by converting speech data to a text, and a processor configured to extract a keyword from the received first text data, calculate a suitability of a word in the first text data in association with the extracted keyword, and update the first text data to second text data by replacing, with an alternative word, a word in the first text data having a suitability less than a preset reference value.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONField of the Invention[0001]One or more example embodiments relate to an apparatus and method for correcting pronunciation by contextual recognition.Description of the Related Art[0002]A user who learns a language may endeavor to pronounce a word in the language to sound more similar to a native speaker of the language. At an initial stage of learning a language, a user may learn how to pronounce individual words in the language, but the user may find it difficult to pronounce a sentence including the individual words.[0003]It is because pronouncing an individual word is different from pronouncing the word in a sentence in which the word is connected to other words. In addition, when producing a word in a sentence in which the word is connected to other words, pronunciation of the word may vary based on pronunciation rules in a language to which the word belongs, for example, a linking sound and an intonation. Thus, when a user who learns a language does n...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G10L15/22G10L15/30G10L15/18G10L25/51
CPCG10L15/22G10L15/30G10L2015/221G10L25/51G10L2015/088G10L15/1815G06F40/284G10L13/00
Inventor KIM, SUNG HYUK
Owner SENDBIRD INC
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