Real-Time Voice Communication Using Text-Based Voice Relay
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Solution Overview
Problem
Digital voice calls consume significant bandwidth, leading to reduced availability for other applications and impacting consumer experience, and existing methods for real-time voice communication are not guaranteed to be of high quality or in real-time due to reliance on internet connection quality.
Innovation Solution
A method for real-time voice communication over a telecommunication network with both voice and data channels, converting voice input to text data at the first device, processing it based on a user profile, and then converting it back to voice output at the second device, allowing transmission over the most suitable channel (voice or data) to reduce bandwidth usage and maintain quality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If digital voice calls are used to enable real-time voice communication over internet, then voice communication quality and functionality are improved, but bandwidth consumption increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a copy of the voice communication process by converting voice to text and back, using text data as an intermediary representation. This text copy requires significantly less bandwidth than transmitting raw voice data while maintaining communication quality through accurate transcription and synthesis.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of data representation from audio format to text format. By transcribing voice to text and transmitting text data instead of voice data, the bandwidth requirement is reduced while the information content is preserved, resolving the contradiction between quality and bandwidth consumption.
2Loss of energy
If text data transmission is used to reduce bandwidth consumption, then bandwidth availability for other applications is improved, but real-time communication quality may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces text data as an intermediary between voice input and voice output. This intermediary form allows efficient transmission over data channels with reduced bandwidth consumption while maintaining the ability to reconstruct high-quality voice output through text-to-speech synthesis.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent makes the communication system universal by enabling voice communication to work over data channels with the same reliability as traditional voice channels. The text-based approach allows the system to function across different network conditions and device types, improving both bandwidth efficiency and communication quality.
3Adaptability or versatility
If voice data is transmitted over data channel to enable flexible routing, then network adaptability is improved, but bandwidth consumption increases and may impact other applications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a text-based copy of voice communication that can be transmitted over data channels. This text representation maintains the adaptability and routing flexibility of data channels while dramatically reducing the bandwidth consumption associated with transmitting actual voice data over these channels.
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AI summary
There is provided a method for real-time voice communication over a telecommunication network having a voice channel and a data channel, the method comprising receiving, at the first device, speech input from a first user. Generating voice input data, at the first device, based on the received speech input. Generating text data from the received voice input data. Generating voice output data from the generated text data, wherein the generated voice output data is generated based on a first user profile, wherein the first user profile is a profile associated with the first user. Processing, at the second device, the voice output data to generate speech output. Outputting, at the second device, the generated speech output, and monitoring the quality of the generated speech output. There is also provided a device and a system.