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Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 15, 2017
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Zhaoqing Ma, Sammamish, WA (US);

Tony Roy Hardie, Seattle, WA (US);

Christo Frank Devaraj, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 13/00 (2006.01); G10L 21/04 (2013.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01); G10L 25/27 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/04 (2013.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01); G10L 25/27 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system configured to vary a speech speed of speech represented in input audio data without changing a pitch of the speech. The system may vary the speech speed based on a number of different inputs, including non-audio data, data associated with a command, or data associated with the voice message itself. The non-audio data may correspond to information about an account, device or user, such as user preferences, calendar entries, location information, etc. The system may analyze audio data associated with the command to determine command speech speed, identity of person listening, etc. The system may analyze the input audio data to determine a message speech speed, background noise level, identity of the person speaking, etc. Using all of these inputs, the system may dynamically determine a target speech speed and may generate output audio data having the target speech speed.


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