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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPEECH-TO-SPEECH TRANSLATION

  • US 20110238407A1
  • Filed: 06/02/2011
  • Published: 09/29/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A translation system comprising:

  • a processor;

    an audio input device in electrical communication with the processor, the input device configured to receive audio input including an input speech sample of a user in a first language;

    an audio output device in electrical communication with the processor, the audio output device configured to output audio including a translation of the input speech sample translated to a second language, wherein the output audio comprises basic sound units in the voice of the user;

    a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the processor comprising;

    a speech recognition module configured to receive the input speech sample and convert the input speech sample to text in the first language using the probability of receiving a basic sound unit based on a sequence of basic sound units in an N-gram statistical model;

    a translation module configured to translate the text in the first language to text in a second language;

    a speech synthesis module configured to receive the text in the second language and determine corresponding basic sound units to thereby generate speech in the second language using basic sound units in the unique voice of the user supplemented by basic sound units in a generic voice in the event a basic sound unit in the unique voice of the user is unavailable.

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