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SPEECH RECOGNITION ASSISTED EVALUATION ON TEXT-TO-SPEECH PRONUNCIATION ISSUE DETECTION

  • US 20140257815A1
  • Filed: 03/05/2013
  • Published: 09/11/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for determining pronunciation issues, comprising:

  • receiving text comprising sentences for a Text-To-Speech (TTS) component and a recording of the text that is used as a reference for the text;

    receiving synthesized speech generated by the TTS component using the text as input to the TTS component;

    evaluating results received by an evaluation performed at a text level by determining a similarity of the synthesized speech to the recording;

    evaluating results obtained from a Speech Recognition (SR) component related to different inputs to the SR component comprising the synthesized speech and the recording; and

    generating a list that includes a ranking of pronunciation issue candidates based on the evaluations.

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