Tone contour transformation of speech
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1. A method for the tonal transformation of speech, comprising:
- receiving speech from a first user including a first syllable spoken in a first dialect;
identifying said first syllable included in said received speech;
determining a tonal contour of said first syllable;
determining a tonal contour for said first syllable according to a second dialect spoken by a second user;
modifying said first syllable included in said received speech to create modified speech, wherein said modified speech has said tonal contour for said first syllable according to said second dialect spoken by said second user.
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Abstract
Tonal transformation of speech is provided. A tone applicable to a syllable of received speech is determined. A tonal contour applicable to said tone for a dialect of a listener is determined, and the syllable of received speech is altered to have said determined tonal contour. The altered speech may then be delivered to the listener.
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1. A method for the tonal transformation of speech, comprising:
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receiving speech from a first user including a first syllable spoken in a first dialect;
identifying said first syllable included in said received speech;
determining a tonal contour of said first syllable;
determining a tonal contour for said first syllable according to a second dialect spoken by a second user;
modifying said first syllable included in said received speech to create modified speech, wherein said modified speech has said tonal contour for said first syllable according to said second dialect spoken by said second user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for the tonal modification of speech, comprising:
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a user input, operable to receive speech;
a memory, wherein said memory stores tonal contours for each of a plurality of tones and for each of a plurality of dialects including at least first and second dialects;
a processor, wherein in response to receipt of speech comprising at least a first received syllable having a first tonal contour according to said first dialect of a language, said first received syllable is modified to form a first modified syllable having a second tonal contour according to said second dialect of said language. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for modifying a dialect of tonal speech, comprising:
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means for receiving speech as input;
means for determining a tone of a syllable included in received speech;
means for storing tonal contours associated different tones for a number of different dialects of a language;
means for altering a tonal contour of at least a first syllable included in said first received speech to create transformed speech, wherein a tonal contour of said at least a first syllable is changed from a tonal contour from a tonal contour for a tone of said first syllable corresponding to a first dialect of a first language to a tonal contour for said tone of said first syllable corresponding to a second dialect of said first language. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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