Prompted Audio Interface Using Speech-to-Text Matching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing communication systems, such as advertisements via virtual radio stations, are one-directional and lack the ability to respond to user interactions.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a system that utilizes an audio interface to listen for user responses to prompts, leveraging a neural network-based speech-to-text model to determine if the response matches a predetermined expectation, and performing interactive actions such as playing additional audio files, sending messages, or activating a virtual avatar interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a one-directional advertisement system is used, then the system complexity is low, but the user interaction capability is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the system listens for user responses to audio prompts and performs interactive actions based on whether the response matches predetermined expectations. This creates a two-way communication loop that enables user interaction while maintaining manageable system complexity through structured response handling.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is designed to perform multiple functions: playing audio files, listening for user responses, determining match status, and executing various interactive actions. This multi-functional approach allows a single system to handle diverse interaction scenarios without requiring separate specialized systems for each function.
2Reliability
If audio listening is enabled continuously, then user response detection is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables the audio sensor only at determined times to listen for prompted responses, rather than continuously. This periodic activation approach maintains reliable user response detection when needed while significantly reducing energy consumption during periods when no interaction is expected.
3Adaptability or versatility
If all interaction information is provided through audio interface, then system simplicity is maintained, but information delivery capability is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses the central server as an intermediary to handle information delivery. The audio interface maintains simplicity for user interaction, while the server handles complex information delivery tasks such as sending text messages with coupons or additional information, separating the interaction interface from the information delivery mechanism.
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for user interactions. A system receives via a data interface, an audio file including a user interaction prompt. The system plays, via a speaker, the audio file. The system receives, via a sensor, an audio input. The system performs an interactive action based on a determination that the audio input is responsive to the user interaction prompt.