Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Annotating maps with user-contributed pronunciations
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Application No.: US14609858Application Date: 2015-01-30
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Publication No.: US09672816B1Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Gal Chechik
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP
- Main IPC: G10L15/00
- IPC: G10L15/00 ; G10L15/08 ; G10L13/00 ; G10L19/12 ; G10L21/00 ; G08G1/123 ; H04M11/00

Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided to select a most typical pronunciation of a location name on a map from a plurality of user pronunciations. A server generates a reference speech model based on user pronunciations, compares the user pronunciations with the speech model and selects a pronunciation based on comparison. Alternatively, the server compares the distance between one the user pronunciations and every other user pronunciations and selects a pronunciation based on comparison. The server then annotates the map with the selected pronunciation and provides the audio output of the location name to a user device upon a user's request.
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