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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
May. 20, 2009
David G. Stallard, Cambridge, MA (US);
David G. Stallard, Cambridge, MA (US);
Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for facilitating communication including recognizing speech in a first language represented in a first audio signal; forming a first text representation of the speech; processing the first text representation to form data representing a second audio signal; and causing presentation of the second audio signal to a second user while responsive to an interrupt signal from a first user. In some embodiments, processing the first text representation includes translating the first text representation to a second text representation in a second language and processing the second text representation to form the data representing the second audio signal. In some embodiments include accepting an interrupt signal from the first user and interrupting the presentation of the second audio signal.