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- Nachgewiesen in: USPTO Patent Grants
- Sprachen: English
- Patent Number: 11848,001
- Publication Date: December 19, 2023
- Appl. No: 17/848028
- Application Filed: June 23, 2022
- Assignees: Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA, US)
- Claim: 1. A system comprising: at least one memory; machine readable instructions; and processor circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to: generate a breathing cue to enhance speech to be synthesized from text; determine a first insertion point of the breathing cue in the text, wherein the breathing cue is identified by a first tag of a markup language; generate a prosody cue to enhance speech to be synthesized from the text; determine a second insertion point of the prosody cue in the text, wherein the prosody cue is identified by a second tag of the markup language; insert the breathing cue at the first insertion point based on the first tag and the prosody cue at the second insertion point based on the second tag; and trigger a synthesis of the speech from the text, the breathing cue, and the prosody cue.
- Claim: 2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the breathing cue is to fill a pause.
- Claim: 3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the prosody cue is to fill a pause.
- Claim: 4. The system of claim 1 , wherein processor circuitry to: generate a phrasal stress cue to enhance the speech to be synthesized from the text; and determine a third insertion point of the phrasal stress cue in the text.
- Claim: 5. The system of claim 4 , wherein processor circuitry to trigger the synthesis of the speech from the phrasal stress cue.
- Claim: 6. The system of claim 1 , wherein processor circuitry to: generate an intonation cue to enhance the speech to be synthesized from the text; and determine a third insertion point of the intonation cue in the text.
- Claim: 7. The system of claim 6 , wherein processor circuitry to trigger the synthesis of the speech from the intonation cue.
- Claim: 8. The system of claim 1 , wherein processor circuitry to: generate a disfluency cue to enhance the speech to be synthesized from the text; and determine a third insertion point of the disfluency cue in the text.
- Claim: 9. The system of claim 8 , wherein processor circuitry to trigger the synthesis of the speech from the disfluency cue.
- Claim: 10. The system of claim 1 , wherein processor circuitry to: identify an intent of a user; and identify the text based on the intent.
- Claim: 11. The system of claim 1 , wherein processor circuitry to: identify an intent of a user; and execute a command based on the intent.
- Claim: 12. At least one storage device comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause at least one machine to at least: generate a breathing cue to enhance speech to be synthesized from text, the breathing cue identified by a first tag of a markup language; generate a prosody cue to enhance speech to be synthesized from the text, the prosody cue identified by a second tag of the markup language; insert the breathing cue at a first insertion point in the text based on the first tag; insert the prosody cue at a second insertion point in the text based on the second tag; and transmit data to cause a device to synthesize the speech from the text, the breathing cue, and the prosody cue.
- Claim: 13. The at least one storage device of claim 12 , wherein the breathing cue is to fill a pause.
- Claim: 14. The at least one storage device of claim 12 , wherein the prosody cue is to fill a pause.
- Claim: 15. The at least one storage device of claim 12 , wherein the instructions cause the at least one machine to: generate a phrasal stress cue to enhance the speech to be synthesized from the text; and insert the phrasal stress cue at a third insertion point in the text.
- Claim: 16. The at least one storage device of claim 12 , wherein the instructions cause the at least one machine to: generate an intonation cue to enhance the speech to be synthesized from the text; and insert the intonation cue at a third insertion point in the text.
- Claim: 17. The at least one storage device of claim 12 , wherein the instructions cause the at least one machine to: generate a disfluency cue to enhance the speech to be synthesized from the text; and insert the disfluency cue at a third insertion point in the text.
- Claim: 18. The at least one storage device of claim 12 , wherein the instructions cause the at least one machine to: identify an intent of a user; and identify the text based on the intent.
- Claim: 19. The at least one storage device of claim 12 , wherein the instructions cause the at least one machine to: identify an intent of a user; and execute a command based on the intent.
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- Primary Examiner: McFadden, Susan I
- Attorney, Agent or Firm: HANLEY, FLIGHT & ZIMMERMAN, LLC
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