Method and system for creation of voice training profiles with multiple methods with uniform server mechanism using heterogeneous devices

• US 7,440,894 B2
• Filed: 08/09/2005
• Issued: 10/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Van Der Meulen, Michael, Zhou, Nianjun, Bahl, Amarjit S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hudspeth; David R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sked; Matthew J.
• Application Number:
  US11/199,959
• Publication Number:
  US 20070038459A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,169 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 704/243
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/063 Training
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/30 Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications

Abstract

A system and method for creating user voice profiles enables a user to create a single user voice profile that is compatible with one or more voice servers. Such a system includes a training server that receives audio information from a client associated with a user and stores the audio information and corresponding textual information. The system further includes a training server adaptor. The training server adaptor is configured to receive a voice profile format and a communication protocol corresponding to one of the plurality of voice servers, convert the audio information and corresponding textual information into a format compatible with the voice profile format and communication protocol corresponding to the one of the plurality of voice servers, and provide the converted audio information and corresponding textual information to the one of the plurality of voice servers.

Claims

1. A method of creating a user voice profile compatible with a plurality of voice servers, comprising:

receiving text from a user;

receiving an audio representation of the text from the user;

creating a virtual profile by storing the text and the corresponding audio representation of the text in a data repository;

converting the text and the corresponding audio representation of the text into a format compatible with at least one of the plurality of voice servers;

providing the text and the corresponding audio representation of the text to the at least one of the plurality of voice servers;

detecting the type of display device used and automatically formatting the text based on the type of display device used;

receiving feedback regarding the quality of the provided text and corresponding audio representation of the text from the at least one of the plurality of voice servers; and

providing to the at least one of the plurality of voice servers a notification when the text and corresponding audio representation of the text have changed.