System for communication skills training using juxtaposition of recorded takes
An Internet-based application allows a trainee to record a performance of a scene containing roles A and B with performers for the scene's roles alternately speaking their respective lines. The system displays the lines in a teleprompter style, and based on the experience level of the trainee, may blank out increasing portions of the teleprompter-style lines. If the trainee is assigned role A, the system will present each role A line to be spoken by the trainee with a time progress bar indicating the speed/timing or time remaining for that line. The trainee's performance is recorded by a computer. The teleprompter timer ensures that the trainee's performance is coordinated with a take of role B, even though the trainee's take and the role B take are actually recorded at different times. The takes are played in tandem for evaluating effectiveness of the training.
1. A method for training a trainee employing juxtaposable and interchangeable takes, the method comprising the steps of:
selecting a training scenario from an internet-connected server, wherein a script is associated with the scenario, wherein the script contains at least two roles, wherein an audio or audiovisual take of each role is associated with the script and wherein a duration of each line of each take of the at least two roles of the script is governed by timing information built into the script, such that:
all takes of a first role of the script are interchangeable, and
all takes of a second role of the script are juxtaposable with all takes of the first role of the script;
assigning the trainee to make a performance and a recording of one of the at least two roles of said selected training scenario using an internet connected computing device;
playing the recording in juxtaposition with a take of a role not assigned to the trainee; and
evaluating a level of the trainee's training based on the playing in juxtaposition.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the recording is recorded while displaying, in synchrony with the performance, each performed line from the script along with the duration of each line.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one duration of a line is automatically detected.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a portion of at least one line from the script is blanked out.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the trainee records multiple performances and a progressively larger portion of at least one line is blanked out for each successive performance.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the script is a written script wherein at least a portion is prepared by a human trainer.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the script is a written script wherein at least a portion is prepared by voice to text translation.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein one of the takes associated with the script contains audio created by text to voice translation of the script.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the trainee is an artificial intelligence system.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of evaluating is carried out by a human trainer.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of evaluating is carried out by an artificial intelligence system.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the training scenario portrays interactions between a customer and a customer service representative to train the trainee as a customer service representative.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the training scenario portrays conversations between individuals in a foreign language to train the trainee in the foreign language.