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New-word pronunciation learning using a pronunciation graph

  • US 7,590,533 B2
  • Filed: 03/10/2004
  • Issued: 09/15/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform steps comprising:

  • generating a set of syllable-like units using mutual information before decoding a speech signal to identify a sequence of syllable-like units;

    generating a speech-based phonetic description of a word without reference to the text of the word by decoding a speech signal representing the user'"'"'s pronunciation of the word to generate the speech-based phonetic description of the word, wherein decoding a speech signal comprises identifying a sequence of syllable-like units from the speech signal;

    generating a text-based phonetic description of the word based on the text of the word;

    aligning the speech-based phonetic description and the text-based phonetic description on a phone-by-phone basis to form a single graph; and

    selecting a phonetic description from the single graph.

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