System, Method and Program for Customized Voice Communication
First Claim
1. A method for customized voice communication comprising:
- receiving a speech signal;
retrieving an user account including a user profile corresponding an identifier of a caller producing the speech signal; and
determining if the user profile include a speech profile including at least one dialect;
if the user profile includes a speech profile, the method further comprising;
analyzing using a speech analyzer the speech signal to classify the speech signal into a classified dialect;
comparing the classified dialect with each of the at least one dialect in the user profile to select one of the at least one dialect; and
using the selected one of the at least one dialect for subsequent voice communication based upon the comparing including subsequent recognition and response speech synthesis.
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Abstract
A method for customized voice communication comprising receiving a speech signal, retrieving a user account including an user profile corresponding to an identifier of a caller producing the speech signal, and determining if the user profile includes a speech profile with at least one dialect. If the user profile includes a speech profile, the method further comprises analyzing using a speech analyzer on the speech signal to classify the speech signal into a classified dialect, comparing the classified dialect with each of the dialects in the user profiles to select one of the dialects, and using the selected dialect for subsequent voice communication with the user. The selected dialect can be used for subsequent recognition and response speech synthesis. Moreover, a method is described for storing a user'"'"'s own pronunciation of names and addresses, whereby a user may be greeted by the communication device using their own specific pronunciation.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for customized voice communication comprising:
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receiving a speech signal; retrieving an user account including a user profile corresponding an identifier of a caller producing the speech signal; and determining if the user profile include a speech profile including at least one dialect; if the user profile includes a speech profile, the method further comprising; analyzing using a speech analyzer the speech signal to classify the speech signal into a classified dialect; comparing the classified dialect with each of the at least one dialect in the user profile to select one of the at least one dialect; and using the selected one of the at least one dialect for subsequent voice communication based upon the comparing including subsequent recognition and response speech synthesis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for customized voice communication comprising:
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receiving a speech signal; retrieving an user account including an user profile corresponding an identifier of a caller producing the speech signal; obtaining a textual spelling of a word in the user profile; searching a pronunciation dictionary for a list of available pronunciations for the word; analyzing using a speech analyzer the speech signal to obtain a user pronunciation for the word to output a processed result; comparing the processed result with each of the available pronunciations in the list of available pronunciation; selecting a pronunciation for the word based upon the comparing; and using the selected pronunciation for subsequent voice communication. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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