SYSTEM AND METHOD TO VISUALIZE CONNECTED LANGUAGE

• US 20170309200A1
• Filed: 04/25/2016
• Published: 10/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: National Reading Styles Institute, Inc.
• Original Assignee: National Reading Styles Institute, Inc.
• Inventors: Carbo, Nicholas A., Carbo, Marie
• Application Number:
  US15/137,729
• Publication Number:
  US 20170309200A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 17/003 electrically operated apparatus or devices
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/02 with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/06 with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/04 Segmentation; Word boundary detection
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2025/783 based on threshold decision
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/10 Transforming into visible information
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/78 Detection of presence or absence of voice signals switching of direction of transmission by voice frequency in two-way loud-speaking telephone systems H04M9/10

Abstract

Systems and methods for visualizing connected speech are disclosed. The systems and methods include receiving reading content as vocalized speech; analyzing the vocalizations to determine the nature and duration of the vocalized breath strings of a text when read aloud; and generating highlighting for beginning and end points to be the visual content based on the nature and duration of the vocalized, breath strings.

Claims

1. A system for visualizing connected language, the system comprising:

a processor effective to

receive speech reading content;

analyze the speech to determine vocalized breath strings of the speech; and

generate highlighting beginning and end points for the content based on the determined vocalized breath strings.

2. The system for visualizing connected language of claim 1, wherein to determine the vocalized breath strings, the processor is further effective to

receive the speech;

analyze the speech to determine points in the speech where speech parameters of the speech are below a threshold for a period of time greater than a preset threshold period of time; and

mark each point as a beginning or an end to a vocalized breath string.

3. The system for visualizing connected language of claim 2, further comprising:

a display for displaying the content; and

a speaker for outputting the speech,

wherein the processor is further effective to highlight the content between marked points as the speech corresponding to the content is output.

4. The system for visualizing connected language of claim 2, wherein the threshold is an audio level threshold.

5. The system for visualizing connected language of claim 2, wherein speech parameters include one or more of breath aspirations, exhalations, tonal links, tongue flaps, tooth flaps, palate flaps, guttural clicks, and vocalization.

6. The system for visualizing connected language of claim 2, wherein the predetermined period of time is 1 millisecond.

7. The system for visualizing connected language of claim 2, wherein the processor is further effective to adjust the marked points to coincide with, positions between connected language strings.

8. The system for visualizing connected language of claim 1, further comprising:

a memory for storing the speech.

9. The method for visualizing connected language of claim 1, wherein the processor is further effective to

receive the content;

and

store the content in a memory.

10. The system for visualizing connected language of claim 1, wherein the processor is further effective to

display the content on a display;

and

highlight the content based on the marked points.

11. A method for visualizing connected language, the method comprising:

receiving by the processor audio of naturally articulated language reading content;

analyzing by the processor the articulated language to identify and determine the beginning and end points of vocalized breath strings; and

generating by the processor highlighting of the beginning and end points for the content based on the predetermined parameters and subsequently measured vocalized breath strings.

12. The method for visualizing connected language of claim 11, wherein determining the vocalized breath strings by the processor comprises:

receiving the audible textual articulations;

analyzing the articulations to determine points in the articulations where measurable beginning and end points constitute legitimate predetermined parameters of the text and audio and are within or beyond a predetermined threshold for a period of time greater than a preset threshold period of time; and

marking each breathstring measurement as a beginning or an end point of a vocalized breath string.

13. The method for visualizing connected language of claim 12, further comprising:

displaying by the processor the content on a display;

outputting by the processor the audio of naturally articulated language reading content through a speaker; and

highlighting the text content between marked points as the textual representation of the audio of naturally articulated language reading content as output.

14. The method for visualizing connected language of claim 12, wherein the threshold is an audio level threshold.

15. The method for visualizing connected language of claim 12, wherein speech parameters include one or more of breath aspirations, exhalations, tonal links, tongue flaps, tooth flaps, palate flaps, guttural clicks, and vocalization.

16. The method for visualizing connected language of claim 12, wherein the predetermined period of time is 1 millisecond.

17. The method for visualizing connected language of claim 12, further comprising:

adjusting the marked points to coincide with positions between words.

18. The method for visualizing connected language of claim 11, further comprising:

storing by the processor the speech in a memory.

19. The method for visualizing connected language of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving by a processor the content; and

storing by the processor the content in a memory.

20. The method for visualizing connected language of claim 11, further comprising:

displaying by the processor the content on a display; and

highlighting the content based on the marked points.