Audio File Quality and Accuracy Assessment
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of audio files from a plurality of audio file creators, wherein an individual audio file of the plurality of audio files comprises an audible version of a corresponding text-based news story;
storing the plurality of received audio files in a tangible, non-transitory computer readable media;
determining whether the individual audio file is acceptable for distribution to a plurality of subscribers for playback based on a computer analysis of the individual audio file;
in response to determining that the individual audio file is acceptable for distribution, approving the individual audio file for distribution; and
in response to determining that the individual audio file is not acceptable for distribution, at least one of (i) rejecting the individual audio file, (ii) remediating the individual audio file, or (iii) designating the individual file for review by a human.
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Abstract
Disclosed computer-based systems and methods for analyzing a plurality of audio files corresponding to text-based news stories and received from a plurality of audio file creators are configured to (i) compare quality and/or accuracy metrics of individual audio files against corresponding quality and/or accuracy thresholds, and (ii) based on the comparison: (a) accept audio files meeting the quality and/or accuracy thresholds for distribution to a plurality of subscribers for playback, (b) reject audio files failing to meet one or more certain quality and/or accuracy thresholds, (c) remediate audio files failing to meet certain quality thresholds, and (d) designate for human review, audio files failing to meet one or more certain quality and/or accuracy thresholds by a predetermined margin.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of audio files from a plurality of audio file creators, wherein an individual audio file of the plurality of audio files comprises an audible version of a corresponding text-based news story; storing the plurality of received audio files in a tangible, non-transitory computer readable media; determining whether the individual audio file is acceptable for distribution to a plurality of subscribers for playback based on a computer analysis of the individual audio file; in response to determining that the individual audio file is acceptable for distribution, approving the individual audio file for distribution; and in response to determining that the individual audio file is not acceptable for distribution, at least one of (i) rejecting the individual audio file, (ii) remediating the individual audio file, or (iii) designating the individual file for review by a human. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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a machine review queue comprising tangible, non-transitory computer readable media, and configured to store a plurality of audio files received from a plurality of audio file creators, wherein an individual audio file comprises an audible version of a corresponding text-based news story; an audio analysis engine comprising one or more processors, wherein the audio analysis engine is configured to analyze one or more accuracy metrics of an individual audio file against one or more corresponding accuracy thresholds, and based on the analysis, determine whether the individual audio file is sufficiently accurate for distribution to a plurality of subscribers for playback; and a distribution database comprising tangible, computer readable media, and configured to store individual audio files determined by the audio analysis engine to be sufficiently accurate for distribution to the plurality of subscribers for playback. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A tangible, non-transitory computer readable media comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to perform functions comprising:
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receiving a plurality of audio files from a plurality of audio file creators, wherein each audio file comprises an audible version of a corresponding text-based news story; storing the plurality of received audio files in a tangible, non-transitory computer readable media; determining whether an individual audio file in the plurality of audio files is acceptable for distribution to a plurality of subscribers for playback based on a computer analysis of the individual audio file; in response to determining that the individual audio file of the plurality of audio files is acceptable for distribution, approving the individual audio file for distribution; and in response to determining that the individual audio file is not acceptable for distribution, at least one of (i) rejecting the individual audio file, (ii) remediating the individual audio file, or (iii) designating the individual file for review by a human.
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