Audio-Stream Segmentation for Synchronized Audiobook Visual Aids
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Solution Overview
Problem
Audiobooks primarily focus on audio content, lacking visual aids that could enhance understanding and clarification of complex content, such as mathematical formulas or images from comic books.
Innovation Solution
A method, computer system, and program product that automatically segment audio streams, identify keywords and entities, retrieve relevant visual content, and synchronize its presentation with the audio stream on computing devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If audiobooks are provided in audio-only format, then portability and ease of consumption are improved, but user understanding and clarification of complex content deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines audio content with visual content into an integrated presentation system. The system retrieves visual content from a repository and synchronizes it with the audio stream, merging both modalities to enhance user understanding while maintaining the convenience of audio-only consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a visual dimension to the traditionally audio-only audiobook format. By introducing visual content that correlates with the audio stream, the system transforms the single-dimensional audio experience into a multi-dimensional presentation that includes both auditory and visual information channels.
2Loss of information
If visual content is added to enhance understanding, then user understanding and clarification are improved, but system complexity and processing requirements worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-segmenting the audio stream into segments and pre-identifying keywords, topics, and entities associated with each segment. Visual content is retrieved and prepared in advance, allowing the system to reduce processing complexity during actual playback while still providing enhanced understanding.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the audio stream into discrete audio segments and corresponds each segment with relevant visual content. This segmentation approach simplifies the overall processing by breaking down the complex task of synchronizing entire audio files with visual content into manageable segment-level operations.
3Loss of information
If visual content is synchronized with audio stream, then user understanding and engagement are improved, but processing time and computational resources worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary segmentation of the audio stream and identification of key elements before synchronization is needed. By preparing audio segments, keywords, topics, and entities in advance, the system reduces the computational time required during actual playback while maintaining accurate synchronization between visual and audio content.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs automated processes that self-manage the complex tasks of audio segmentation, keyword identification, visual content retrieval, and synchronization. This self-service approach minimizes manual intervention and optimizes processing efficiency, reducing the time and computational resources needed while still achieving accurate visual-audio correlation.
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AI summary
A method for automatically generating, correlating, and presenting visual content along with an audio stream associated with an audiobook is provided. The method may further include, in response to receiving an audio stream, automatically segmenting the audio stream into audio segments. The method may also include automatically identifying keywords, topics, and entities associated with each audio segment. The method may further include automatically identifying and retrieving visual content related to the identified keywords, topics, and entities of each audio segment from a visual content repository. The method may also include automatically integrating the identified and retrieved visual content with an audio segment. The method may further include automatically generating and displaying the visual content on the display at the designated time during play of the audio stream.