Providing translations encoded within embedded digital information

• US 20050131709A1
• Filed: 12/15/2003
• Published: 06/16/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Creamer, Thomas E., Moore, Victor S., Jaiswal, Peeyush
• Granted Patent: US 7,406,414 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/277
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/018 Audio watermarking, i.e. embedding inaudible data in the audio signal
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/167 Audio streaming, i.e. formatting and decoding of an encoded audio signal representation into a data stream for transmission or storage purposes

Abstract

A method of providing a translation within a voice stream can include receiving a speech signal in a first language, determining text from the speech signal, translating the text to a second and different language, and encoding the translated text within the speech signal.

Claims

1. A method of providing a translation within a voice stream comprising:

receiving a speech signal in a first language;

determining text from the speech signal;

translating the text to a second and different language; and

encoding the translated text within the speech signal.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the resulting speech signal.

3. The method of claim 1, said encoding step comprising including the translated text within the speech signal as digital information.

4. The method of claim 3, said encoding step comprising:

removing inaudible portions of the speech signal; and

embedding the translated text in place of the inaudible portions of the speech signal.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving the speech signal specifying the translated text; and

decoding the translated text.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising presenting a representation of the translated text.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising playing an audible representation of the received speech signal.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the audible representation of the received speech signal is played substantially concurrently with the presentation of the translated text.

9. A system for providing a translation within a voice stream comprising:

means for receiving a speech signal in a first language;

means for determining text from the speech signal;

means for translating the textual representation to a second and different language; and

means for encoding the translated text within the speech signal.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising means for transmitting the resulting speech signal.

11. The system of claim 9, said means for encoding comprising means for including the translated text within the speech signal as digital information.

12. The system of claim 11, said means for encoding comprising:

means for removing inaudible portions of the speech signal; and

means for embedding the translated text in place of the inaudible portions of the speech signal.

13. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

means for receiving the speech signal specifying the translated text; and

means for decoding the translated text.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising means for presenting a representation of the translated text.

15. The system of claim 14, further comprising means for playing an audible representation of the received speech signal in the first language.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the audible representation of the received speech signal is played substantially concurrently with the presentation of the translated text.

17. A machine readable storage, having stored thereon a computer program having a plurality of code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the steps of:

receiving a speech signal in a first language;

determining text from the speech signal;

translating the text to a second and different language; and

encoding the translated text within the speech signal.

18. The machine readable storage of claim 17, further comprising transmitting the resulting speech signal.

19. The machine readable storage of claim 17, said encoding step comprising including the translated text within the speech signal as digital information.

20. The machine readable storage of claim 19, said encoding step comprising:

removing inaudible portions of the speech signal; and

embedding the translated text in place of the inaudible portions of the speech signal.

21. The machine readable storage of claim 18, further comprising:

receiving the speech signal specifying the translated text; and

decoding the translated text.

22. The machine readable storage of claim 21, further comprising presenting a representation of the translated text.

23. The machine readable storage of claim 22, further comprising playing an audible representation of the received speech signal.

24. The machine readable storage of claim 23, wherein the audible representation of the received speech signal is played substantially concurrently with the presentation of the translated text.