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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2020
Netflix, Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);
Yadong Wang, Campbell, CA (US);
Murthy Parthasarathi, Fremont, CA (US);
Andrew Swan, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Raja Ranjan Senapati, Fremont, CA (US);
Shilpa Jois Rao, Cupertino, CA (US);
Anjali Chablani, Campbell, CA (US);
Kyle Tacke, Glendale, CA (US);
Netflix, Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include accessing an audio track that is associated with a video recording, identifying a section of the accessed audio track having a specific audio characteristic, reducing a volume level of the audio track in the identified section, accessing an audio segment that includes a synthesized voice and inserting the accessed audio segment into the identified section of the audio track, where the inserted segment has a higher volume level than the reduced volume level of the audio track in the identified section. The synthesized voice description can be used to provide additional information to a visually impaired viewer without interrupting the audio track that is associated with the video recording, typically by inserting the synthesized voice description into a segment of the audio track in which there is no dialog. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.