Method and apparatus for responding to an inquiry

    公开(公告)号:US10115056B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-30

    申请号:US15287387

    申请日:2016-10-06

    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for responding to an inquiry from a client via a network. The method and apparatus receive the inquiry from a client via a network. Based on the inquiry, question-answer pairs retrieved from the network are analyzed to determine a response to the inquiry. The QA pairs are not predefined. As a result, the QA pairs have to be analyzed in order to determine whether they are responsive to a particular inquiry. Questions of the QA pairs may be repetitive and similar to one another even for very different subjects, and without additional contextual and meta-level information, are not useful in determining whether their corresponding answer responds to an inquiry.

    Method and Apparatus for Responding to an Inquiry
    5.
    发明申请
    Method and Apparatus for Responding to an Inquiry 审中-公开
    响应查询的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20170024648A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-26

    申请号:US15287387

    申请日:2016-10-06

    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for responding to an inquiry from a client via a network. The method and apparatus receive the inquiry from a client via a network. Based on the inquiry, question-answer pairs retrieved from the network are analyzed to determine a response to the inquiry. The QA pairs are not predefined. As a result, the QA pairs have to be analyzed in order to determine whether they are responsive to a particular inquiry. Questions of the QA pairs may be repetitive and similar to one another even for very different subjects, and without additional contextual and meta-level information, are not useful in determining whether their corresponding answer responds to an inquiry.

    Abstract translation: 公开了一种用于经由网络从客户机响应询问的方法和装置。 该方法和装置经由网络从客户端接收询问。 基于查询,分析从网络检索的问答对以确定对查询的响应。 QA对未预先定义。 因此,必须分析QA对以确定它们是否响应于特定查询。 质量保证对的问题可能是重复的,即使对于非常不同的主题也是相似的,并且没有附加的上下文和元级信息在确定他们的对应答案是否响应于查询时也是无用的。

    System and method for generating customized text-to-speech voices
    6.
    发明授权
    System and method for generating customized text-to-speech voices 有权
    用于生成定制的文本到语音语音的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US09240177B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-01-19

    申请号:US14196578

    申请日:2014-03-04

    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for generating customized text-to-speech voices for a particular application. The method comprises generating a custom text-to-speech voice by selecting a voice for generating a custom text-to-speech voice associated with a domain, collecting text data associated with the domain from a pre-existing text data source and using the collected text data, generating an in-domain inventory of synthesis speech units by selecting speech units appropriate to the domain via a search of a pre-existing inventory of synthesis speech units, or by recording the minimal inventory for a selected level of synthesis quality. The text-to-speech custom voice for the domain is generated utilizing the in-domain inventory of synthesis speech units. Active learning techniques may also be employed to identify problem phrases wherein only a few minutes of recorded data is necessary to deliver a high quality TTS custom voice.

    Abstract translation: 公开了用于为特定应用产生定制的文本到语音语音的系统和方法。 该方法包括通过选择用于生成与域相关联的自定义文本到语音语音的语音来生成自定义文本到语音语音,从预先存在的文本数据源收集与域相关联的文本数据,并使用收集的 文本数据,通过搜索合成语音单元的预先存在的库存来选择适合于该域的语音单元,或者通过记录所选合成质量水平的最小库存来生成合成语音单元的域内库存。 使用合成语音单元的域内库存来生成域的文本到语音定制语音。 还可以使用主动学习技术来识别问题短语,其中只需要几分钟的记录数据来传送高质量的TTS定制语音。

    System and Method of Providing a Spoken Dialog Interface to a Website
    7.
    发明申请
    System and Method of Providing a Spoken Dialog Interface to a Website 有权
    向网站提供口语对话界面的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20130246069A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-09-19

    申请号:US13891447

    申请日:2013-05-10

    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for training a spoken dialog service component from website data. Spoken dialog service components typically include an automatic speech recognition module, a language understanding module, a dialog management module, a language generation module and a text-to-speech module. The method includes selecting anchor texts within a website based on a term density, weighting those anchor texts based on a percent of salient words to total words, and incorporating the weighted anchor texts into a live spoken dialog interface, the weights determining a level of incorporation into the live spoken dialog interface.

    Abstract translation: 公开了一种从网站数据训练口语对话服务组件的方法。 口语对话服务组件通常包括自动语音识别模块,语言理解模块,对话管理模块,语言生成模块和文本到语音模块。 该方法包括基于术语密度选择网站内的锚文本,基于显着词的百分比将总计文本加权到总词,并将加权的锚文本加入到现场语音对话界面中,权重确定并入级别 进入现场对话界面。

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