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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:
Apr. 26, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 28, 2014
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Kensuke Hashimoto, Tokyo, JP;

Yohichi Hattori, Yokohama, JP;

Taroh Sanui, Tokyo, JP;

Hisae Shiiki, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/26 (2006.01); G10L 15/30 (2013.01); G10L 15/02 (2006.01); G10L 15/00 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/265 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 15/30 (2013.01); G10L 15/005 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2013.01); G10L 2015/025 (2013.01); G10L 2015/221 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for converting voice data to text data between users is provided. The method includes receiving voice data from at least one user and determining phoneme data items corresponding to the voice data. Conversion candidate string representations of the phoneme data items are identified by referencing a conversion dictionary defining the conversion candidate string representations for each phoneme data item. The plurality of conversion candidate string representations are scored and a specified conversion candidate string representation is selected as text data based on the scores. The text data is transmitted to a terminal device accessed by the at least one user.


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