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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
May. 31, 2023
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Dushyant Sharma, Tracy, CA (US);
William Francis Ganong, III, Brookline, MA (US);
Daniel Paulino Almendro Barreda, Barcelona, ES;
Patrick Aubrey Naylor, Reading, GB;
Alvaro Martin Iturralde Zurita, Montrel, CA;
Francesco Nespoli, London, GB;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC., Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method, computer program product, and computing system for processing a speech signal. A sensitive portion of the speech signal is identified. A pseudo-speech representation of the sensitive portion is generated using a voice converter system. Speech processing is performed on the speech signal and the pseudo-speech representation of the sensitive portion using a speech processing system.