Method and apparatus for tailoring an interactive voice response experience based on speech characteristics
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1. A method for tailoring responses to a communicant, comprising:
- receiving a first speech sample from a communicant;
analyzing said speech sample to detect at least a first speech characteristic of said first speech sample; and
selecting a response set based on said at least a first detected speech characteristic.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to an interactive voice response system that provides responses based on the attributes of a communicant attribute determined from the detected speech characteristics of the communicant. According to the invention, a speech sample from the communicant is obtained and analyzed. Based on the analysis of the speech sample, a communicant attribute is determined, and, a set of voice responses are selected for use in communicating with the communicant.
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1. A method for tailoring responses to a communicant, comprising:
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receiving a first speech sample from a communicant;
analyzing said speech sample to detect at least a first speech characteristic of said first speech sample; and
selecting a response set based on said at least a first detected speech characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computational component for performing a method, the method comprising:
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analyzing a speech sample received from a communicant;
detecting at least a first characteristic of said speech sample to determine a communicant attribute; and
in response to said determined communicant attribute, providing a response to said communicant, wherein said response comprises at least one of said first characteristic detected in said speech sample, a message related to said first characteristic detected in said speech sample, a message related to said determined communicant attribute and a verbal response comprising a second characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An interactive voice response system, comprising:
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means for receiving at least a first speech sample from a communicant;
means for analyzing said first speech sample to determine at least a first characteristic of said speech sample;
means for storing a plurality of voice response sets; and
means for selecting a one of said plurality of voice response sets in response to said determined at least a first characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A voice response system, comprising:
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data storage having stored thereon a speech characteristic determining application and a plurality of voice response sets;
a processor operable to run said speech characteristic determining application, wherein operation of said application results in selection of a one of said voice response sets; and
a communication interface operable to receive speech samples to provide said samples for analysis by said speech characteristic determining application, and to provide a response from a selected voice response set. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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