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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2002
Charles David Caldwell, Cliffwood Beach, NJ (US);
John Bruce Harlow, Middletown, NJ (US);
Robert J. Sayko, Colts Neck, NJ (US);
Norman Shaye, Lakewood, NJ (US);
Charles David Caldwell, Cliffwood Beach, NJ (US);
John Bruce Harlow, Middletown, NJ (US);
Robert J. Sayko, Colts Neck, NJ (US);
Norman Shaye, Lakewood, NJ (US);
AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for providing automated speech-to-text encoding and decoding for hearing-impaired persons. A broadband subscriber terminal interfaces to: (a) a network to convey speech packets thereover, (b) a telephone to convey speech information, and (c) a display device to display textual information of spoken words. A speech buffer in the subscriber terminal receives speech data and a processor decodes and displays textual representations of speech on the display device. A database stores voice and/or speech patterns that are used by a speech analyzer to recognize an incoming caller and to associate a name or characteristic (e.g., male or female) with the incoming call. A tonal and inflection analyzer analyzes speech to add punctuation to the displayed text. A detector, such as a DTMF detector, responds to subscriber inputs to activate/deactivate speech recognition or other functions.