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Systems and methods for building a native language phoneme lexicon having native pronunciations of non-native words derived from non-native pronunciatons

  • US 7,957,969 B2
  • Filed: 10/01/2008
  • Issued: 06/07/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for generating base forms for a non-native language in a speech-based system trained for processing a native language, the system comprising:

  • a text processing system configured to receive input textual data containing both native language and non-native language words, the text processing system configured to identify the native language and non-native language words within the textual data, to generate a native phonetic transcription of the native language words using phonetic units of the native language, and to generate a non-native phonetic transcription of the non-native language words using phonetic units of the non-native language;

    a pronunciation generator configured to generate a native pronunciation of the non-native language words using phonetic units of the native language by mapping the phonetic units of the non-native phonetic transcription to acoustically similar phonetic units of the native language; and

    a memory configured to store the input textual data with the corresponding native phonetic transcription of the native language words and the mapped native pronunciation of the non-native language words in a native phonetic lexicon.

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