System and method for configuring voice synthesis
View Patent ↗Systems and methods for providing synthesized speech in a manner that takes into account the environment where the speech is presented. A method embodiment includes, based on a listening environment and at least one other parameter associated with at least one other parameter, selecting an approach from the plurality of approaches for presenting synthesized speech in a listening environment, presenting synthesized speech according to the selected approach and based on natural language input received from a user indicating that an inability to understand the presented synthesized speech, selecting a second approach from the plurality of approaches and presenting subsequent synthesized speech using the second approach.
1. A method comprising:
receiving an instruction to play, via a processor, synthesized speech;
receiving an environmental speech template from a historical suggestion database comprising speech presentation suggestions corresponding to matrices of environmental conditions, wherein the environmental speech template was selected by a process comprising:
ranking the speech presentation suggestions according to a correlation of the matrices of environmental conditions and environmental data, to yield a ranked list of presentation suggestions;
selecting a top ranked presentation suggestion from the ranked list of presentation suggestions; and
returning the top ranked presentation suggestion as the environmental speech template;
modifying the synthesized speech based on the environmental speech template, to yield a modified synthesized speech; and
playing the modified synthesized speech.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving feedback from a user associated with the modified synthesized speech; and
modifying the modified synthesized speech based on the feedback, to yield user modified synthesized speech.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
recording the user modified synthesized speech in the historical suggestion database.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the modified synthesized speech comprises phonemes modified according to the environmental speech template.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the historical suggestion database further comprises environmental speech templates based on one of a connection type, a bandwidth available, and an abnormal human perception.
6. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a storage device having instructions stored which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving an instruction to play, via a processor, synthesized speech;
receiving an environmental speech template from a historical suggestion database comprising speech presentation suggestions corresponding to matrices of environmental conditions, wherein the environmental speech template was selected by a process comprising:
ranking the speech presentation suggestions according to a correlation of the matrices of environmental conditions and environmental data, to yield a ranked list of presentation suggestions;
selecting a top ranked presentation suggestion from the ranked list of presentation suggestions; and
returning the top ranked presentation suggestion as the environmental speech template;
modifying the synthesized speech based on the environmental speech template, to yield a modified synthesized speech; and
playing the modified synthesized speech.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the modifying is based on an input received from a user.
8. The system of claim 7 , the storage device having further instructions stored which result in the operations further comprising:
recording the modified synthesized speech in the historical suggestion database.
9. The system of claim 6 , wherein the modified synthesized speech comprises phonemes modified according to the environmental speech template.
10. The system of claim 6 , wherein the historical suggestion database further comprises environmental speech templates based on one of a connection type, a bandwidth available, and an abnormal human perception.
11. A computer-readable storage device having instructions stored which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
receiving an instruction to play, via a processor, synthesized speech;
receiving an environmental speech template from a historical suggestion database comprising speech presentation suggestions corresponding to matrices of environmental conditions, wherein the environmental speech template was selected by a process comprising:
ranking the speech presentation suggestions according to a correlation of the matrices of environmental conditions and environmental data, to yield a ranked list of presentation suggestions;
selecting a top ranked presentation suggestion from the ranked list of presentation suggestions; and
returning the top ranked presentation suggestion as the environmental speech template;
modifying the synthesized speech based on the environmental speech template, to yield a modified synthesized speech; and
playing the modified synthesized speech.
12. The computer-readable storage device of claim 11 , wherein the historical suggestion database further comprises environmental speech templates based on one of a connection type, a bandwidth available, and an abnormal human perception.
13. The computer-readable storage device of claim 12 , the computer-readable storage device having additional instructions stored which result in the operations further comprising:
recording the user modified synthesized speech in the historical suggestion database.
14. The computer-readable storage device of claim 11 , wherein the modified synthesized speech comprises phonemes modified according to the environmental speech template.