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DIALECT TRANSLATOR FOR A SPEECH APPLICATION ENVIRONMENT EXTENDED FOR INTERACTIVE TEXT EXCHANGES

  • US 20080147408A1
  • Filed: 12/19/2006
  • Published: 06/19/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A real-time automated communication method comprising:

  • establishing a real-time communication session between a text exchange client and a speech enabled application;

    identifying a translation table that includes a plurality of entries, each entry including a text exchange item and a corresponding conversational translation item;

    receiving a text exchange message that was entered into a text exchange client;

    detecting at least one text exchange item in the text exchange message, which corresponds to an entry included in the translation table;

    in the text exchange message, substituting a corresponding conversational translation item for each detected text exchange item; and

    sending the substitute message to a text input interface of a voice server to be processed, wherein the substituting step occurs in a manner transparent to the text exchange client and to the speech enabled application.

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