System and method of testing voice signals in a telecommunication system
First Claim
1. A method for testing voice signals in a telecommunication system, the method comprising:
- generating a test signal to elicit a response from the telecommunication system;
detecting a voice signal produced by the telecommunication system in response to the test signal;
accessing stored reference phrases, wherein designated reference phrases being combined to form and expected voice signal; and
comparing the detected voice signal with said expected voice signal determine if the detected voice signal corresponds to the expected voice signal.
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Abstract
A system and method of testing voice signals in a telecommunication system, such as a voice messaging system (VMS), are provided. A test signal is generated to elicit a response from the telecommunication system, and a voice signal produced by the telecommunication system in response to the test signal is detected. To evaluate the detected voice signal, the system accesses stored reference phrases, where one or more designated reference phrases can be combined to form an expected voice signal. The detected voice signal is compared with at least one designated reference phrase to determine if the detected voice signal substantially corresponds to the expected voice signal. In a preferred embodiment, the voice signal and reference phrases are divided into component frames of substantially equal time durations, then compared frame by frame to determine if the detected voice signal and the expected voice signal substantially correspond.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for testing voice signals in a telecommunication system, the method comprising:
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generating a test signal to elicit a response from the telecommunication system;
detecting a voice signal produced by the telecommunication system in response to the test signal;
accessing stored reference phrases, wherein designated reference phrases being combined to form and expected voice signal; and
comparing the detected voice signal with said expected voice signal determine if the detected voice signal corresponds to the expected voice signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
determining an average acoustic intensity of the voice signal and normalizing the average acoustic intensity of each voice signal frame by the average acoustic intensity of the entire voice signal; - and
determining an average acoustic intensity of the reference phrase and normalizing the average acoustic intensity of each reference phrase frame by the average acoustic intensity of the entire reference phrase.
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8. The method of claim 5, further comprising determining the number of zero crossings in each voice signal frame and in each reference phrase frame.
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9. The method of claim 5, further comprising comparing each voice signal frame with the reference phrase frame of a corresponding time interval.
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10. The method of claim 5, further comprising determining a matching percentage between the voice signal frames and the reference phrase frames.
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11. The method of claim 10, further comprising comparing the matching percentage with a threshold value.
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12. A system for testing voice signals in a telecommunication system, the system comprising:
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a processor for controlling the generation of a test signal to elicit a response from the telecommunication network;
a telecommunication interface in communication with the processor and the telecommunication system to generate the test signal and to detect a voice signal produced by the telecommunication system in response to the test signal;
a storage device in communication with the processor for storing the detected voice signal and a plurality of reference phrases, wherein designated reference phrases being combined to form an expected voice signal; and
voice recognition software operable with the processor for comparing the detected voice signal with said expected voice signal to determine if the detected voice signal substantially corresponds to the expected voice signal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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