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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2022
Cerence Operating Company, Burlington, MA (US);
Corinne Bos-Plachez, Baisieux, FR;
Vito Quinci, Turin, IT;
Alina Lenhardt, Ulm, DE;
Benjamin Vincent Marcel Picart, Merelbeke, BE;
Martine Marguerite Staessen, Wervik, BE;
Athos Toniolo, Turin, IT;
Cerence Operating Company, Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for synthesizing speech from a textual input includes receiving the textual input, the textual input including native words in a native language and foreign words in a foreign language, and processing the textual input to determine a phonetic representation of the textual input. The processing includes determining a native phonetic representation of the of the native words, and determining a nativized phonetic representation of the foreign words. Determining the nativized phonetic representation includes forming a foreign phonetic representation of the foreign words using a foreign phoneme set, and mapping the foreign phonetic representation to the nativized phonetic representation according to a model of a native speaker's pronunciation of foreign words.