METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATION OF VOICE TRAINING PROFILES WITH MULTIPLE METHODS WITH UNIFORM SERVER MECHANISM USING HETEROGENEOUS DEVICES

• US 20090043582A1
• Filed: 10/20/2008
• Published: 02/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Van Der Meulen, Michael, Bahl, Amarjit S., Zhou, Nianjun
• Granted Patent: US 8,239,198 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/257
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/063 Training
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/30 Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications

Abstract

A system and method for creating user voice profiles enables a user to create a single user voice profile that is compatible with one or more voice servers. Such a system includes a training server that receives audio information from a client associated with a user and stores the audio information and corresponding textual information. The system further includes a training server adaptor. The training server adaptor is configured to receive a voice profile format and a communication protocol corresponding to one of the plurality of voice servers, convert the audio information and corresponding textual information into a format compatible with the voice profile format and communication protocol corresponding to the one of the plurality of voice servers, and provide the converted audio information and corresponding textual information to the one of the plurality of voice servers.

Claims

1. A system for creating a user voice profile compatible with a plurality of voice servers comprising:

a training server for receiving audio information from a client associated with a user and storing the audio information and corresponding textual information; and

a training server adaptor configured for

receiving a voice profile format and a communication protocol corresponding to at least one of the plurality of voice servers,

converting the audio information and corresponding textual information into a format compatible with the voice profile format and communication protocol corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of voice servers, and

providing the converted audio information to the at least one of the plurality of voice servers.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the corresponding textual information is received from the client.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the corresponding textual information is provided by the training server.

4. The system of claim 1 further comprising a data storage repository for storing the audio information and the corresponding textual information.

5. The system of claim 1 further comprising a user interface configured for providing and receiving at least audio information and corresponding textual information, the user interface comprising a microphone for recording the audio information and a display for viewing at least the corresponding textual information.

6. The system of claim 1 further comprising a voice transcription server for transcribing received audio information.

7. The system of claim 1 further comprising training material comprising a plurality of textual information that is provided to a client for a user to read.

8. The system of claim 1 further comprising a training selection module configured to provide a plurality of voice training choices.

9. The system of claim 1 further comprising a function selection module configured to provide a plurality of virtual profile management functions.

10. The system of claim 1 further comprising a feedback module configured to provide an alert that a particular virtual profile is faulty.

11. The system of claim 1 further comprising a notification module configured to alert the at least one of the plurality of voice servers that a particular virtual profile has been updated.

12. The system of claim 1 wherein the training server adaptor is further configured for providing the corresponding textual information to the at least one of the plurality of voice servers concurrently with the converted audio information.

13. The system of claim 1 wherein the training server adaptor is further configured for providing the corresponding textual information to the at least one of the plurality of voice servers after providing the converted audio information.

14. A method of creating a user voice profile compatible with a plurality voice servers comprising:

providing text for a user to read;

receiving an audio representation of the text from the user;

creating a virtual profile by storing the text and the corresponding audio representation of the text;

converting the text and the corresponding audio representation of the text into a format compatible with at least one of the plurality of voice servers; and

providing the text and the corresponding audio representation of the text to the at least one of the plurality of voice servers.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising storing the status of the creation of the virtual profile by storing how much text has been read by the user.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein creating the virtual profile further comprises storing the text and the corresponding audio representation of the text in a data repository.

17. The method of claim 14 further comprising detecting the type of display device used and automatically formatting the text based on the type of display device used.

18. The method of claim 14 further comprising formatting the text in response to the user indicating the type of display device used.

19. The method of claim 14 further comprising receiving feedback regarding the quality of the provided text and corresponding audio representation of the text from the at least one of the plurality of voice servers.

20. The method of claim 14 further comprising providing to the at least one of the plurality of voice servers a notification when the text and corresponding audio representation of the text have changed.

21. A method of creating a user voice profile compatible with a plurality voice servers, comprising:

receiving text from a user;

receiving an audio representation of the text from the user;

creating a virtual profile by storing the text and the corresponding audio representation of the text;

converting the text and the corresponding audio representation of the text into a format compatible with at least one of the plurality of voice servers; and

providing the text and the corresponding audio representation of the text to the at least one of the plurality of voice servers.

22. The method of claim 21 further comprising transcribing the audio input from the user and providing the transcript back to the user.

23. The method of claim 22 further comprising receiving a corrected transcript from the user.

24. The method of claim 21 wherein creating the virtual profile further comprises storing the text and the corresponding audio representation of the text in a data repository.

25. The method of claim 21 further comprising detecting the type of display device used and automatically formatting the text based on the type of display device used.

26. The method of claim 21 further comprising formatting the text in response to the user indicating the type of display device used.

27. The method of claim 21 further comprising receiving feedback regarding the quality of the transmitted text and corresponding audio representation of the text from the at least one of the plurality of voice servers.

28. The method of claim 21 further comprising providing to the at least one of the plurality of voice servers a notification when the text and corresponding audio representation of the text have changed.

29. A method of creating a user voice profile compatible with a plurality voice servers, comprising:

receiving audio information from a user;

transcribing the audio information and providing the corresponding textual information to the user;

receiving edited corresponding textual information from the user;

creating a virtual profile by storing the audio information and the edited corresponding textual information;

converting the audio information and the edited corresponding textual information into a format compatible with at least one of the plurality of voice servers; and

providing the audio information and the edited corresponding textual information to the at least one of the plurality of voice servers.

30. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for creating a user voice profile that is compatible with a plurality voice servers, said method steps including the steps of:

a) receiving audio information from a user;

b) creating a virtual profile by storing the audio information and corresponding textual information;

c) converting the audio information and corresponding textual information into a format compatible with at least one of the plurality of voice servers; and

d) providing the audio information and corresponding textual information to the at least one of the plurality of voice servers.