Human-assisted pronunciation generation
First Claim
1. A method for providing pronunciation generation, the method comprising:
- providing a pronunciation interface configured to display,a word, anda plurality of alternatives corresponding to the word;
receiving pronunciation data through the pronunciation interface, the pronunciation interface being configured to enable a user to manipulate a pronunciation of the word with a manipulation tool; and
generating, by a computing device, a pronunciation of the word based upon the received pronunciation data.
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Abstract
Pronunciation generation may be provided. First, a pronunciation interface may be provided. The pronunciation interface may be configured to display a word and a plurality of alternatives corresponding to a one of a plurality of parts of the word. The plurality of parts may comprise phonemes or syllables of the word. Next, pronunciation data may be received through the pronunciation interface. The pronunciation data may indicate one of the plurality of alternatives. Then a pronunciation of the word may be generated based upon the received pronunciation data. The pronunciation may correspond to the indicated one of the plurality of alternatives. In addition, the pronunciation data may indicate which one of the plurality of parts of the word is stressed. This stress indication may be received in response to a user sliding a user selectable element to indicate which one of the plurality of parts of the word is stressed.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing pronunciation generation, the method comprising:
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providing a pronunciation interface configured to display, a word, and a plurality of alternatives corresponding to the word; receiving pronunciation data through the pronunciation interface, the pronunciation interface being configured to enable a user to manipulate a pronunciation of the word with a manipulation tool; and generating, by a computing device, a pronunciation of the word based upon the received pronunciation data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium that stores a set of instructions which when executed perform a method for providing pronunciation generation, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:
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providing a pronunciation interface configured to display, a word, and a plurality of alternatives corresponding to a one of a plurality of parts of the word; receiving pronunciation data through the pronunciation interface, the pronunciation data indicating a one of the plurality of alternatives, the pronunciation interface being configured to manipulate a pronunciation of the word via a manipulation tool; and generating a pronunciation of the word based upon the received pronunciation data, the pronunciation corresponding to the indicated one of the plurality of alternatives. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for providing pronunciation generation, the system comprising:
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a memory storage; and a hardware processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the hardware processing unit is operative to; provide a pronunciation interface configured to prompt a user for text data and sound data corresponding to the text data, the pronunciation interface comprising a manipulation tool for altering a pronunciation of at least a portion of the text data; receive the text data and the sound data through the pronunciation interface; correlate the text data with the sound data to produce pronunciation data, the pronunciation data indicating how parts of the text data are to be pronounced as indicated by corresponding parts of the sound data; and generate a pronunciation of the at least a portion of the text data based upon the pronunciation data. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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