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DISAMBIGUATING HETERONYMS IN SPEECH SYNTHESIS

  • US 20160163312A1
  • Filed: 12/12/2014
  • Published: 06/09/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for operating an intelligent automated assistant, the method comprising:

  • at an electronic device with a processor and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the processor;

    receiving, from a user, a speech input containing a heteronym and one or more additional words;

    processing the speech input using an automatic speech recognition system to determine at least one of;

    a phonemic string corresponding to the heteronym as pronounced by the user in the speech input; and

    a frequency of occurrence of an n-gram with respect to a corpus, wherein the n-gram includes the heteronym and the one or more additional words;

    determining a correct pronunciation of the heteronym based on at least one of the phonemic string and the frequency of occurrence of the n-gram;

    generating a dialogue response to the speech input, wherein the dialogue response includes the heteronym; and

    outputting the dialogue response as a speech output, wherein the heteronym in the dialogue response is pronounced in the speech output according to the determined correct pronunciation.

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