Translating Between Spoken and Written Language
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1. A method for converting spoken speech into written speech, wherein the method comprises:
- transcribing input speech via speech recognition;
mapping each spoken utterance from input speech into a corresponding formal utterance; and
mapping each formal utterance into a stylistically formatted written utterance.
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Abstract
Techniques for converting spoken speech into written speech are provided. The techniques include transcribing input speech via speech recognition, mapping each spoken utterance from input speech into a corresponding formal utterance, and mapping each formal utterance into a stylistically formatted written utterance.
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1. A method for converting spoken speech into written speech, wherein the method comprises:
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transcribing input speech via speech recognition; mapping each spoken utterance from input speech into a corresponding formal utterance; and mapping each formal utterance into a stylistically formatted written utterance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A translation system comprising:
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a first module comprising a database of spoken speech categories (SSC) representing units of basic spoken speech characteristics; a second module comprising a database of written speech transformations (WST); and a third module comprising a training translation module that creates a spoken speech category and written speech transformation from two parallel corpora of spoken and written speech via alignment and semantic identification processes of equivalent pieces of text. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer program product comprising a tangible computer readable recordable storage medium including computer useable program code for converting spoken speech into written speech, the computer program product including:
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computer useable program code for transcribing input speech via speech recognition; computer useable program code for mapping each spoken utterance from input speech into a corresponding formal utterance; and computer useable program code for mapping each formal utterance into a stylistically formatted written utterance. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A system for converting spoken speech into written speech, comprising:
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a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory and operative to; transcribe input speech via speech recognition; map each spoken utterance from input speech into a corresponding formal utterance; and map each formal utterance into a stylistically formatted written utterance. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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