SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING LANGUAGE LEARNING

• US 20120322035A1
• Filed: 08/28/2012
• Published: 12/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vocefy, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Vocefy, Inc.
• Inventors: Julia, Luc, Dubreuil, Jerome, Bing, Jehen
• Granted Patent: US 9,786,199 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/185
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/06 Foreign languages with audible presentation of material to be studied G09B5/04
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 21/006 using audible presentation of the information
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/06 with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

Speech data from the operation of a speech recognition application is recorded over the course of one or more language learning sessions. The operation of the speech recognition application during each language learning sessions corresponds to a user speaking, and the speech recognition application generating text data. The text data may a recognition of what the user spoke. The speech data may comprise the text data, and confidence values that are an indication of an accuracy of the recognition. The speech data from each language learning session may be analyzed to determine an overall performance level of the user.

Claims

1. A method for assisting a person in learning a language, the method comprising:

recording speech data from the operation of a speech recognition application during each of a plurality of language learning sessions, wherein the operation of the speech recognition application during each of the plurality of language learning sessions corresponds to a user speaking and the speech recognition application generating text data that provides a recognition of what words the user spoke during that language learning session;

wherein the recorded speech data comprises (i) the text data, and (ii) one or more confidence values to indicate a determination of accuracy of the recognition provided by the text data; and

analyzing the speech data from the plurality of language learning sessions in determining an overall performance level of the user speaking for the speech recognition application during at least one or more of the language learning sessions.