SPEECH TRANSMISSION FROM A TELECOMMUNICATION ENDPOINT USING PHONETIC CHARACTERS
The technology disclosed herein enables speech transmission from a telecommunication endpoint using phonetic characters. In a particular embodiment, a method includes receiving audio including speech captured from a user at a first endpoint. The method further includes translating the speech to a string of phonetic characters and transmitting the string to a second endpoint. The second endpoint generates recreated audio of the sounds represented by the string.
1 . A method comprising:
receiving audio including speech captured from a user at a first endpoint;
translating the speech to a string of phonetic characters; and
transmitting the string to a second endpoint, wherein the second endpoint generates recreated audio of sounds represented by the string.
2 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
before transmitting the string, determining that audio quality of a communication channel with the second endpoint does not satisfy a quality criterion.
3 . The method of claim 2 , comprising:
before determining that the audio quality does not satisfy the quality criterion, receiving prior audio captured from the user; and
transmitting the prior audio over the communication channel to the second endpoint.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second endpoint stores the string and, upon receiving a request to playback the recreated audio, plays the recreated audio to a second user at the second endpoint.
5 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
determining that the user has a first accent that is different from a second accent of a second user of the second endpoint; and
changing one or more of the phonetic characters to adjust the sounds from the first accent to the second accent.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein determining that the user has the first accent that is different from the second accent comprises:
receiving a user instruction to enable adjusting the sounds from the first accent to the second accent.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the string comprises:
transmitting each of the phonetic characters in real-time.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the phonetic characters are characters in the International Phonetic Alphabet.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the audio comprises:
receiving the audio over a communication channel with the first endpoint.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the audio comprises:
capturing the speech at the first endpoint.
11 . An apparatus comprising:
one or more computer readable storage media;
a processing system operatively coupled with the one or more computer readable storage media; and
program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media that, when read and executed by the processing system, direct the apparatus to:
receive audio including speech captured from a user at a first endpoint;
translate the speech to a string of phonetic characters; and
transmit the string to a second endpoint, wherein the second endpoint generates recreated audio of sounds represented by the string.
12 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the program instructions direct the apparatus to:
before transmitting the string, determine that audio quality of a communication channel with the second endpoint does not satisfy a quality criterion.
13 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the program instructions direct the apparatus to:
before determining that the audio quality does not satisfy the quality criterion, receive prior audio captured from the user; and
transmit the prior audio over the communication channel to the second endpoint.
14 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the second endpoint stores the string and, upon receiving a request to playback the recreated audio, plays the recreated audio to a second user at the second endpoint.
15 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the program instructions direct the apparatus to:
determine that the user has a first accent that is different from a second accent of a second user of the second endpoint; and
change one or more of the phonetic characters to adjust the sounds from the first accent to the second accent.
16 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein to determine that the user has the first accent that is different from the second accent, the program instructions direct the apparatus to:
receive a user instruction to enable adjusting the sounds from the first accent to the second accent.
17 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein to transmit the string, the program instructions direct the apparatus to:
transmit each of the phonetic characters in real-time.
18 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the phonetic characters are characters in the International Phonetic Alphabet.
19 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein to receive the audio, the program instructions direct the apparatus to:
receive the audio over a communication channel with the first endpoint.
20 . One or more computer readable storage media having program instructions stored thereon that, when read and executed by a processing system, direct the processing system to:
receive audio including speech captured from a user at a first endpoint;
translate the speech to a string of phonetic characters; and
transmit the string to a second endpoint, wherein the second endpoint generates recreated audio of sounds represented by the string.