Automatic realtime speech impairment correction
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1. A method for correcting effects of a user'"'"'s speech impairment, comprising:
- obtaining audio signal of a speech;
analyzing, by a processor, the audio signal to identify audio signal artifacts caused by the user'"'"' s speech impairment;
modifying, by the processor, the audio signal by eliminating the identified audio signal artifacts from the audio signal based on a database of impairment-to-artifact associations; and
providing the modified audio signal;
wherein the database of impairment-to-artifact associations including repeated instances of phonemes associated with stuttering, inappropriate verbiage inserted into speech associated with Tourete Syndrome, and slurred pronunciation associated with lisping,wherein the analyzing further comprises identifying the audio signal artifacts caused by the user'"'"'s speech impairment by employing identified differences between audio signals of the user reading a text with a predefined audio signal associated with the text.
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Abstract
Automatic correcting of user'"'"'s speech impairment in speech may include obtaining the audio signal of a given user'"'"'s speech, and analyzing the obtained audio signal to identify artifacts caused by the user'"'"'s impairment. The obtained audio signal may be modified by eliminating the identified artifacts from it. The modified audio signal may be provided, e.g., to be played or broadcast or transmitted.
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1. A method for correcting effects of a user'"'"'s speech impairment, comprising:
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obtaining audio signal of a speech; analyzing, by a processor, the audio signal to identify audio signal artifacts caused by the user'"'"' s speech impairment; modifying, by the processor, the audio signal by eliminating the identified audio signal artifacts from the audio signal based on a database of impairment-to-artifact associations; and providing the modified audio signal; wherein the database of impairment-to-artifact associations including repeated instances of phonemes associated with stuttering, inappropriate verbiage inserted into speech associated with Tourete Syndrome, and slurred pronunciation associated with lisping, wherein the analyzing further comprises identifying the audio signal artifacts caused by the user'"'"'s speech impairment by employing identified differences between audio signals of the user reading a text with a predefined audio signal associated with the text. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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3. The method of 1, wherein the providing includes transmitting the modified signal or playing the modified audio signal or combinations thereof.
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