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Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 18, 2012
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Thomas H. Gnech, Herrenberg, DE;

Steffen Koenig, Saint Leon-Rot, DE;

Oliver Petrik, Stuttgart, DE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/00 (2013.01); G06F 17/28 (2006.01); G10L 21/18 (2013.01); G10L 21/10 (2013.01); G10L 21/16 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/28 (2013.01); G10L 21/10 (2013.01); G10L 21/16 (2013.01); G10L 21/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of complementing a spoken text. The method including receiving text data representative of a natural language text, receiving effect control data including at least one effect control record, each effect control record being associated with a respective location in the natural language text, receiving a stream of audio data, analyzing the stream of audio data for natural language utterances that correlate with the natural language text at a respective one of the locations, and outputting, in response to a determination by the analyzing that a natural language utterance in the stream of audio data correlates with a respective one of the locations, at least one effect control signal based on the effect control record associated with the respective location.


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