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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1998

Filed:

Jun. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:

Bertil Lyberg, Vagnharad, SE;

Assignee:

Telia AB, Farsta, SE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
704255 ; 704211 ; 704236 ; 704257 ; 704277 ;
Abstract

A method and device for speech-to-text conversion. From a given speech, the fundamental tone is extracted. A model of the speech is further created from the speech. In the model, a duration reproduction in words and sentences is obtained. The duration reproduction is compared with a segment duration in the speech. Information which decides which type of accent exists is obtained from the comparison from which a text with sentence accent information is produced. Further, in creating the model lexical information, which may indicate accents in words, can be utilized. Syntax analysis of the model can further by utilized to model a fundamental tone in a sentence. Such operations allow the re-recognition utilizing the accent and stress after a decision as to the type of accent which exists.


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