Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Luis Carrasco

Sharad Goel

Michael Howard Hill

Paul Y Sim

Methil Harysh Menon

Darya Valchonak Kishylau

Jan Pavlovsky

Adam Czeisler

Described herein is a technique for securely synthesizing a voice of a speaker during a language translated voice call. When a voice call is first initiated between the speaker and one or more other call participants, the audio data representing the speech of the speaker is received at a server computer where it is processed by obtaining a sample of a fixed duration (e.g., 8 seconds). This fixed-duration sample is then processed to generate a voice profile of the speaker for use in generating synthesized speech in a voice of the speaker, in a second language. This process of sampling the audio data and generating the voice profile is repeated at a fixed interval (e.g., every 30 seconds), such that the voice profile of the speaker is continuously updated during the voice call.

Techniques for securely synthesizing speech with the natural voice of a speaker during a language-translated communication session

Disclosed in some examples, are methods, systems, GUIs, and machine-readable mediums for providing an improved command bar interface that assists a user in entering commands by implementing a scope operator to specify a command scope and also visual controls for entering parameters of commands. The command bar may have a default global scope that may be modified by users by entering a scope operator and a scope identifier. The command bar may render a set of parameter segments to assist users in entering parameters for the commands.

Command bar user interface

Growing community of inventors

Redmond, WA, United States of America

Luis Carrasco