SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY THAT FACILITATES PROCESSING A LINGUISTIC INPUT

• US 20130124190A1
• Filed: 11/12/2011
• Published: 05/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Stephanie Esla
• Original Assignee: Stephanie Esla
• Inventors: Esla, Stephanie
• Application Number:
  US13/295,041
• Publication Number:
  US 20130124190A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/9
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/02 Methods for producing synthetic speech; Speech synthesisers
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/08 Text analysis or generation of parameters for speech synthesis out of text, e.g. grapheme to phoneme translation, prosody generation or stress or intonation determination
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/007 characterised by the process used

Abstract

Aspects for teaching processing linguistic expressions are disclosed, which include apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable storage media to facilitate such processing. In a particular aspect, modifying a linguistic expression includes receiving an input that includes the linguistic expression and a selection of a target vernacular, and retrieving a phonetic scheme corresponding to the target vernacular, which includes a set of accentuation rules associated with the target vernacular. An audible equivalent of the linguistic expression is then generated in the target vernacular according to the phonetic scheme. In another aspect, phonetic schemes are generated by aggregating linguistic information corresponding to a plurality of vernaculars, and analyzing the linguistic information to ascertain a plurality of accentuation rules. A phonetic scheme is then generated for each of the plurality of vernaculars, which includes a set of accentuation rules associated with the corresponding vernacular.

Claims

1. A computer-readable storage medium, comprising:

computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions including instructions for causing at least one processor to perform the following acts;

receiving an input, wherein the input includes a linguistic expression and a selection of at least one target vernacular;

retrieving a phonetic scheme corresponding to the at least one target vernacular, wherein the phonetic scheme includes a set of accentuation rules associated with the at least one target vernacular; and

generating an audible equivalent of the linguistic expression in the at least one target vernacular, wherein the generating is performed according to the phonetic scheme.

2. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the input includes the linguistic expression in an audio form.

3. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 2, wherein the generating comprises warping the audio form of the input according to the phonetic scheme.

4. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the input includes the linguistic expression in a textual form.

5. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the set of accentuation rules includes a cadence associated with the at least one target vernacular.

6. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the at least one target vernacular is a plurality of target vernaculars, and wherein each of the plurality of target vernaculars has a corresponding phonetic scheme.

7. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 6, wherein the generating is performed according to a mixed phonetic scheme, and wherein the mixed phonetic scheme includes at least one unique aspect from each of the plurality of target vernaculars.

8. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 6, wherein the generating comprises generating a first portion of the audible equivalent according to a first of the plurality of target vernaculars, and wherein the generating further comprises generating a second portion of the audible equivalent according to a second of the plurality of target vernaculars.

9. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory component communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory component having stored therein computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to implement;

an input component configured to receive an input, wherein the input includes a linguistic expression and a selection of at least one target vernacular;

a scheme component configured to retrieve a phonetic scheme corresponding to the at least one target vernacular, wherein the phonetic scheme includes a set of accentuation rules associated with the at least one target vernacular;

a generation component configured to generate an audible equivalent of the linguistic expression in the at least one target vernacular, wherein the generation component is further configured to generate the audible equivalent according to the phonetic scheme; and

an output component configured to output the audible equivalent.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the input component is configured to receive the linguistic expression in a textual form via one of an SMS, an MMS, an e-mail, or an instant message.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the input further includes an output destination, and wherein the output component is configured to facilitate a transmission of the audible equivalent to the output destination.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the input component is configured to receive the linguistic expression in an audio form, and wherein the output component is configured to facilitate a real-time voice-to-voice transmission of the audible equivalent to the output destination.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the retrieval component is configured to retrieve any of a plurality of phonetic schemes respectively corresponding to a plurality of vernaculars.

14. The system of claim 9, further comprising a translation component configured to translate the linguistic expression from a native language to a foreign language, wherein the at least one target vernacular is a vernacular associated with the foreign language.

15. A method comprising:

employing a processor to execute computer executable instructions stored on a computer readable storage medium to implement the following acts;

aggregating linguistic information corresponding to a plurality of vernaculars;

analyzing the linguistic information to ascertain a plurality of accentuation rules; and

generating a plurality of phonetic schemes respectively corresponding to the plurality of vernaculars, wherein each of the plurality of phonetic schemes is unique to a particular vernacular and includes a corresponding set of accentuation rules associated with the particular vernacular.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the generating further comprises maintaining a plurality of phonetic dictionaries respectively corresponding to the plurality of vernaculars.

17. The method according to claim 15, wherein the linguistic information includes at least one audio sample associated with a corresponding vernacular, and wherein the analyzing comprises extrapolating at least one accentuation rule from the at least one audio sample.

18. The method according to claim 15, further comprising:

comparing aspects of a voice sample to a plurality of stored phonetic schemes;

selecting a candidate phonetic scheme from the plurality of stored phonetic schemes, wherein the candidate phonetic scheme is selected according to a probability metric ascertained from the comparing; and

identifying a probable vernacular associated with the voice sample, wherein the probable vernacular corresponds to the candidate phonetic scheme.

19. The method according to claim 15, further comprising arranging the plurality of phonetic schemes according to a hierarchy of nodes, wherein an upper node corresponds to a merged phonetic scheme of lower node phonetic schemes.

20. The method according to claim 15, further comprising merging at least two distinct phonetic schemes, wherein the generating comprises generating a merged phonetic scheme that includes aspects from each of the at least two distinct phonetic schemes.