Controlling Voice Composition in a Conference
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving an audio stream containing a plurality of voices, the audio stream being generated during an audio conference with multiple participants;
processing the audio stream to identify individual voices of the plurality of voices, the individual voices being identified by using one or more voice recognition techniques; and
enabling selection of one or more of the plurality of voices for inclusion or exclusion in a resultant audio stream by way of a filtering operation.
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Abstract
Various embodiments enable a system, such as an audio conferencing system, to remove voices from an audio conference in which the removed voices are not desired. In at least some embodiments, an audio signal associated with the audio conference is analyzed and components which represent the individual voices within the audio conference are identified. Once the audio signal is processed in this manner to identify the individual voice components, a control element can be applied to filter out one or more of the individual components that correspond to undesired voices.
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving an audio stream containing a plurality of voices, the audio stream being generated during an audio conference with multiple participants; processing the audio stream to identify individual voices of the plurality of voices, the individual voices being identified by using one or more voice recognition techniques; and enabling selection of one or more of the plurality of voices for inclusion or exclusion in a resultant audio stream by way of a filtering operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. One or more computer readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
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receiving an audio stream containing a plurality of voices, the audio stream being generated during an audio conference with multiple participants; processing the audio stream to identify individual voices of the plurality of voices, the individual voices being identified by using one or more voice recognition techniques; and enabling selection of one or more of the plurality of voices for inclusion or exclusion in a resultant audio stream by way of a filtering operation. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A computing device comprising:
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an audio conferencing module configured to receive an audio stream containing a plurality of voices, the audio stream being generated during an audio conference with multiple participants; an audio processing module configured to process the audio stream to identify individual voices of the plurality of voices, the individual voices being identified by using one or more voice recognition techniques; and an access control module configured to enable selection of one or more of the plurality of voices for inclusion or exclusion in a resultant audio stream by way of a filtering operation effected by one or more of; a user interface that enables a user to select one or more of the voices for inclusion or exclusion in the resultant audio stream;
orautomatic application of a group policy that defines one or more of the plurality of voices for inclusion in the resultant audio stream. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A computing device comprising:
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an audio conferencing module configured to receive an audio stream containing a plurality of voices and control data, the audio stream being generated during an audio conference with multiple participants; an audio processing module configured to process the audio stream and control data to identify individual voices of the plurality of voices; and an access control module configured to use the control data to enable selection of one or more of the plurality of voices for inclusion or exclusion in a resultant audio stream by way of a filtering operation effected by a user interface that enables a user to select one or more of the voices for inclusion or exclusion in the resultant audio stream.
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