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Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2023
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Yang Liang, Beijing, CN;

Hamid Majdabadi, Ottawa, CA;

Manjunath Ravi, Georgetown, TX (US);

Ravithej Chikkala, Pflugerville, TX (US);

Su Liu, Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/26 (2006.01); G10L 15/04 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/26 (2013.01); G10L 15/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for automatically generating, correlating, and presenting visual content along with an audio stream associated with an audiobook is provided. The method may further include, in response to receiving an audio stream, automatically segmenting the audio stream into audio segments. The method may also include automatically identifying keywords, topics, and entities associated with each audio segment. The method may further include automatically identifying and retrieving visual content related to the identified keywords, topics, and entities of each audio segment from a visual content repository. The method may also include automatically integrating the identified and retrieved visual content with an audio segment. The method may further include automatically generating and displaying the visual content on the display at the designated time during play of the audio stream.


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