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Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2014
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jessica M. Christian, Redwood City, CA (US);

Peter Graff, San Jose, CA (US);

Crystal A. Nakatsu, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Beth Ann Hockey, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 13/08 (2013.01); G10L 13/027 (2013.01); G06F 17/28 (2006.01); G06F 17/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 13/027 (2013.01); G06F 17/2785 (2013.01); G06F 17/28 (2013.01); G10L 13/08 (2013.01); G10L 2013/083 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for providing non-lexical cues in synthesized speech are described herein. Original text is analyzed to determine characteristics of the text and/or to derive or augment an intent (e.g., an intent code). Non-lexical cue insertion points are determined based on the characteristics of the text and/or the intent. One or more nonlexical cues are inserted at insertion points to generate augmented text. The augmented text is synthesized into speech, including converting the non-lexical cues to speech output.


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