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Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 11, 2020
Applicant:

Soundhound, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventor:

Steve Pearson, Felton, CA (US);

Assignee:

SOUNDHOUND, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/013 (2013.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/013 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); G10L 2021/0135 (2013.01);
Abstract

A voice morphing apparatus having adjustable parameters is described. The disclosed system and method include a voice morphing apparatus that morphs input audio to mask a speaker's identity. Parameter adjustment uses evaluation of an objective function that is based on the input audio and output of the voice morphing apparatus. The voice morphing apparatus includes objectives that are based adversarially on speaker identification and positively on audio fidelity. Thus, the voice morphing apparatus is adjusted to reduce identifiability of speakers while maintaining fidelity of the morphed audio. The voice morphing apparatus may be used as part of an automatic speech recognition system.


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