Cross-lingual audio search
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1. A method comprising:
- accepting a search query in a first language variety, the search query being in a form of at least one of;
text and audio;
accessing a corpus of material in the first language variety;
determining similarity of a second language variety with respect to a first language variety;
choosing the second language variety based on determining that the first language variety baseforms can be obtained via data from the second language variety, and at least one selection criterion;
the at least one selection criterion comprising a ranking from among ranked pairs of language varieties, the ranked pairs being ranked on a basis of determined similarity between language varieties;
obtaining first language variety baseforms via data obtained from the second language variety;
thereupon building a first language variety phonetic model, based on the first language variety baseforms obtained via data obtained from the second language variety; and
executing an audio search based on the accepted search query, via employing the first language variety phonetic model and the second language variety.
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Methods and arrangements for executing an audio search. A search query in a first language variety is accepted, the search query being in a form of at least one of: text and audio. A corpus of material in the first language variety is accessed, and first language variety baseforms are obtained via data obtained from a second language variety. A first language variety phonetic model is built, and the first language variety phonetic model and the second language variety are employed in executing an audio search based on the accepted search query.
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1. A method comprising:
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accepting a search query in a first language variety, the search query being in a form of at least one of;
text and audio;accessing a corpus of material in the first language variety; determining similarity of a second language variety with respect to a first language variety; choosing the second language variety based on determining that the first language variety baseforms can be obtained via data from the second language variety, and at least one selection criterion; the at least one selection criterion comprising a ranking from among ranked pairs of language varieties, the ranked pairs being ranked on a basis of determined similarity between language varieties; obtaining first language variety baseforms via data obtained from the second language variety; thereupon building a first language variety phonetic model, based on the first language variety baseforms obtained via data obtained from the second language variety; and executing an audio search based on the accepted search query, via employing the first language variety phonetic model and the second language variety. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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