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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2014
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Caroline Henton, Cupertino, CA (US);
Devang Naik, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and processes for disambiguating heteronyms in speech synthesis are provided. In one example process, a speech input containing a heteronym can be received from a user. The speech input can be processed using an automatic speech recognition system to determine a phonemic string corresponding to the heteronym as pronounced by the user in the speech input. A correct pronunciation of the heteronym can be determined based on at least one of the phonemic string or using an n-gram language model of the automatic speech recognition system. A dialogue response to the speech input can be generated where the dialogue response can include the heteronym. The dialogue response can be outputted as a speech output. The heteronym in the dialogue response can be pronounced in the speech output according to the correct pronunciation.
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