METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PRONUNCIATION DICTIONARIES IN A SPEECH APPLICATION
First Claim
1. A system for developing voice dialogue applications, comprising:
- a user-interface for entering a text and a corresponding spoken utterance of a word;
a text-to-speech unit for converting said text to a synthesized pronunciation and for playing said synthesized pronunciation; and
a voice processor for validating said synthesized pronunciation in view of said text and said spoken utterance, wherein said voice processor and said text-to-speech unit receive said text and said spoken utterance from said user-interface.
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Abstract
A voice toolkit (100) and a method (700) for managing pronunciation dictionaries are provided. The visual toolkit can include a user-interface (110) for entering in a text and a corresponding spoken utterance, a text-to-speech system (120) for synthesizing a pronunciation from the text, a talking speech recognizer (132) for generating pronunciations of the spoken utterance, and a voice processor (130) for validating at least one pronunciation. A developer can type a text of a word into the toolkit and listen to the pronunciation to determine whether the pronunciation is acceptable. If the pronunciation is incorrect the developer can speak the word for providing a spoken utterance having a correct pronunciation.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for developing voice dialogue applications, comprising:
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a user-interface for entering a text and a corresponding spoken utterance of a word;
a text-to-speech unit for converting said text to a synthesized pronunciation and for playing said synthesized pronunciation; and
a voice processor for validating said synthesized pronunciation in view of said text and said spoken utterance, wherein said voice processor and said text-to-speech unit receive said text and said spoken utterance from said user-interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A voice toolkit for managing pronunciation dictionaries, comprising:
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a user-interface for entering in a text and a corresponding spoken utterance;
a talking speech recognizer for generating pronunciations of said spoken utterance; and
a voice processor for validating at least one pronunciation by mapping said text and said spoken utterance for producing at least one pronunciation, wherein said user-interface adds said validated pronunciation to said pronunciation dictionaries.
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11. A method for developing a voice dialogue application comprising:
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entering in a text of a word;
producing a list of pronunciation candidates from said text; and
validating a pronunciation candidate corresponding to said word. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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