Method and device for providing speech-to-text encoding and telephony service
View Patent ↗A machine-readable medium and a network device are provided for speech-to-text translation. Speech packets are received at a broadband telephony interface and stored in a buffer. The speech packets are processed and textual representations thereof are displayed as words on a display device. Speech processing is activated and deactivated in response to a command from a subscriber.
1. A method comprising:
receiving an utterance;
converting, via a processor, the utterance to text; and
receiving a dual-tone multiple frequency tone indicating one of activating a function and deactivating the function; and
when the dual-tone multiple frequency tone indicates activating the function:
performing the function by analyzing the utterance, to yield an inflection pattern
associated with the utterance and a characteristic of a user associated with the utterance;
modifying the text based on the inflection pattern, to yield modified text; and
displaying the modified text and the characteristic.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, via a dual-tone multiple frequency detector, an input indicating activation of the conversion of the utterance to the text.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying the user based on speech segments stored in a database.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying, using the utterance, one of a soft-spoken word, a hard-spoken word, shouting, laughter, and a human expression.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising inserting punctuation into the modified text based on the inflection pattern.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the characteristic comprises a gender.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the characteristic comprises an accent.
8. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving an utterance;
converting the utterance to text;
receiving a dual-tone multiple frequency tone indicating one of activating a function and deactivating the function; and
when the dual-tone multiple frequency tone indicates activating the function:
performing the function by analyzing the utterance, to yield an inflection pattern associated with the utterance and a characteristic of a user associated with the utterance;
modifying the text based on the inflection pattern, to yield modified text;
and
displaying the modified text and the characteristic.
9. The system of claim 8 , the computer-readable storage medium having additional instructions stored which result in the operations further comprising:
receiving, via a dual-tone multiple frequency detector, an input indicating activation of the conversion of the utterance to the text.
10. The system of claim 8 , the computer-readable storage medium having additional instructions stored which result in the operations further comprising:
identifying the user based on speech segments stored in a database.
11. The system of claim 8 , the computer-readable storage medium having additional instructions stored which result in the operations further comprising:
identifying, using the utterance, one of a soft-spoken word, a hard-spoken word, shouting, laughter, and a human expression.
12. The system of claim 8 , the computer-readable storage medium having additional instructions stored which result in the operations further comprising:
inserting punctuation into the modified text based on the inflection pattern.
13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the characteristic comprises a gender.
14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the characteristic comprises an accent.
15. 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 utterance;
converting the utterance to text;
receiving a dual-tone multiple frequency tone indicating one of activating a function and deactivating the function; and
when the dual-tone multiple frequency tone indicates activating the function:
performing the function by analyzing the utterance, to yield an inflection pattern associated with the utterance and a characteristic of a user associated with the utterance; and
modifying the text based on the inflection pattern, to yield modified text; and
displaying the modified text and the characteristic.
16. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15 , the computer-readable storage device having additional instructions which result in the operations further comprising:
receiving, via a dual-tone multiple frequency detector, an input indicating activation of the conversion of the utterance to the text.
17. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15 , the computer-readable storage device having additional instructions which result in the operations further comprising:
identifying the user based on speech segments stored in a database.
18. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15 , the computer-readable storage device having additional instructions which result in the operations further comprising:
identifying, using the utterance, one of a soft-spoken word, a hard-spoken word, shouting, laughter, and a human expression.
19. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15 , the computer-readable storage device having additional instructions which result in the operations further comprising:
inserting punctuation into the modified text based on the inflection pattern.
20. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15 , wherein the characteristic comprises a gender.