IP Library Granted Patent US 10,943,601
Granted Patent B2
US 10,943,601 · App. 15/609,208 · Granted Mar 9, 2021

Provide output associated with a dialect

Inventors: Ryan Charles Knudson (Durham, NC); Roderick Echols (Chapel Hill, NC)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
G10L25/51G10L15/005G10L15/1807G10L25/27
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Patent No.
US 10,943,601
App. No.
15/609,208
Granted
Mar 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, audible user input; determining, using a processor, a dialect associated with the audible user input; and providing, based on the determining, output associated with the dialect. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims (37)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, at an information handling device, audible user input and user identification data identifying the user, wherein the audible user input comprises a user query;

determining, using a processor, a dialect associated with the audible user input, wherein the determining comprises identifying at least one colloquialism present in the audible user input that is associated with the dialect, wherein the determining the dialect comprises identifying, by analyzing the audible user input, one or more characteristics associated with the audible user input;

providing, on a display screen associated with the information handling device and responsive to the user query and based on the determining, text-based output using at least one other colloquialism associated with the dialect, wherein the text-based output comprises at least one word spelled in a manner known to be associated with the dialect; and

storing, in a storage medium accessible by the information handling device, the dialect in a profile associated with the user.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the providing further comprises providing audible output, that is consistent with the text-based output, at a volume level associated with the dialect.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the providing comprises adjusting a dialect setting associated with the information handling device.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the adjusting comprises adjusting the dialect setting from a first dialect to the dialect associated with the audible user input.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the providing comprises using the one or more identified characteristics to adjust output to match the dialect of the audible user input by incorporating the identified characteristics.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the adjusting the output comprises adjusting a vowel and consonant pronunciation based upon the one or more identified characteristics.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining comprises determining the audible user input using one or more of spectrogram analysis, cadence analysis, rate of speech analysis, and vocabulary term analysis.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising accessing the profile responsive to identifying the user.

9. An information handling device, comprising:

a display screen;

a processor;

a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:

receive audible user input and user identification data identifying the user, wherein the audible user input comprises a user query;

determine a dialect associated with the audible user input, wherein the determining comprises identifying at least one colloquialism present in the audible user input that is associated with the dialect, wherein to determine the dialect comprises identifying, by analyzing the audible user input, one or more characteristics associated with the audible user input;

provide, on the display screen and responsive to the user query and based on the determining, text-based output using at least one other colloquialism associated with the dialect, wherein the text-based output comprises at least one word spelled in a manner known to be associated with the dialect; and

store, in a storage medium accessible by the information handling device, the dialect in a profile associated with the user.

10. The information handling device of claim 9 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to provide audible output, that is consistent with the text-based output, at a volume level associated with the dialect.

11. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to adjust comprise instructions executable by the processor to adjust the dialect setting from a first dialect to the dialect associated with the audible user input.

12. The information handling device of claim 9 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to provide comprise instructions executable by the processor to use the one or more identified characteristics to adjust output to match the dialect of the audible user input by incorporating the identified characteristics.

13. The information handling device of claim 12 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to adjust the output comprise instructions executable by the processor to adjust a vowel and consonant pronunciation based upon the one or more identified characteristics.

14. The information handling device of claim 9 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to determine comprise instructions executable by the processor to analyze the audible user input using one or more of spectrogram analysis, cadence analysis, rate of speech analysis, and vocabulary term analysis.

15. A product, comprising:

a storage device that stores code, the code being executable by a processor and comprising:

code that receives audible user input and user identification data identifying the user, wherein the audible user input comprises a user query;

code that determines a dialect associated with the audible user input, wherein the determining comprises identifying at least one colloquialism present in the audible user input that is associated with the dialect, wherein the code that determines the dialect comprises identifying, by analyzing the audible user input, one or more characteristics associated with the audible user input;

code that provides, based on the code that determines and responsive to the user query, text-based output using at least one other colloquialism associated with the dialect, wherein the text-based output comprises at least one word spelled in a manner known to be associated with the dialect; and

code that stores, in a storage medium accessible by the information handling device, the dialect in a profile associated with the user.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user profile comprises a plurality of settings specific to the user;

wherein the plurality of settings comprises dialect data specified by the identified user.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the analyzing the audible user input to identify one or more characteristics comprises adjusting an audible output to match the dialect of the audible user input based upon the identified one or more characteristics.

18. The information handling device of claim 9 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to store in the user profile comprises a plurality of settings specific to the user;

wherein the plurality of settings comprises dialect data specified by the identified user.

19. The information handling device of claim 9 , wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to analyze the audible user input to identify one or more characteristics comprises adjusting an audible output to match the dialect of the audible user input based upon the identified one or more characteristics.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 070269/0092 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2025
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070268/0984 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2017
From: KNUDSON, RYAN CHARLES; ECHOLS, RODERICK
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 042539/0058 →
Continuity (1)
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