SPEECH SKILLS ASSESSMENT
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1. An method comprising:
- accepting a speech signal corresponding to some or all of a text;
determining an association of the speech signal to the text; and
using the determined association to compute a level of speech skills of a speaker of the speech signal.
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Abstract
An approach to evaluating a person'"'"'s speech skills includes automatically processing speech of a person and text some or all of which corresponds to the speech. In some examples, a job application procedure includes collecting speech from an applicant, and using text corresponding to the collected speech to automatically assess speech skills of the applicant. The text may include text that is presented to the applicant and the speech collected from the applicant can include the applicant reading the presented text.
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15 Claims
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1. An method comprising:
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accepting a speech signal corresponding to some or all of a text; determining an association of the speech signal to the text; and using the determined association to compute a level of speech skills of a speaker of the speech signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for evaluating a job applicant comprising:
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accepting application data from the job applicant; eliciting speech corresponding to an associated text from the applicant; automatically determining a level of speech skill based on the elicited speech and the associated text; and storing data associated with the determined level of skill in association with the application data accepted from the job applicant.
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12. A system for assessing a level of speech skills of a user, the system comprising:
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an interface module for accepting a speech signal corresponding to a text; an alignment module for determining an association of the speech signal to the text; and an analysis module for using the determined association to assess a level of speech skill of a speaker of the speech signal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A job application system comprising:
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an interface for accepting application data from the job applicant, and for eliciting speech corresponding to an associated text from the applicant; a speech analysis component configured to determine a level of speech skill based on the elicited speech and the associated text; and an application data storage for storing the determined level of skill in association with the application data accepted from the job applicant.
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