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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
May. 28, 2021
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Runnan Li, Beijing, CN;
Sheng Zhao, Beijing, CN;
Amit Srivastava, San Jose, CA (US);
Huakai (Angelo) Liao, Vancouver, CA;
Ana Parra, San Jose, CA (US);
Tapan Bohra, San Jose, CA (US);
Akshay Mallipeddi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Siliang Kang, Redwood City, CA (US);
Lisha MA, Beijing, CN;
Yinhe Wei, Beijing, CN;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for enhancing pronunciation during a speech, the method including receiving audio data, the audio data including a speech, performing at least one of acoustic scoring and language scoring on the speech, determining a pronunciation score of one or more words of the speech based on the acoustic scoring and the language scoring, determining that the pronunciation score for the word does not satisfy a threshold score, responsive to determining that the pronunciation score does satisfy the threshold score, identifying the word as mispronounced, and responsive to identifying the word as mispronounced, outputting the word and the pronunciation score thereof.