Determining phonetic relationships
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsNikhil Chandru Rao, Saisuresh Krishnakumaran
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Abstract
Systems and methods of determining phonetic relationships are provided. For instance data indicative of an input text phrase input by a user can be received. An audio output corresponding to a spoken rendering of the input text phrase can be determined. A text transcription of the audio output of the input text phrase can be determined. The text transcription can be a textual representation of the audio output. The text transcription can be compared against a plurality of test phrases to identify a match between the text transcription and at least one test phrase.
Claims15
A computer-implemented method of determining a phonetic relationship between two or more phrases, the method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more computing devices, data indicative of an input text phrase by a user;
- determining, by the one or more computing devices, an audio output corresponding to a synthesized spoken rendering of the input text phrase;
- determining, by the one or more computing devices, a text transcription of the audio output of the input text phrase, the text transcription comprising a textual representation of the audio output;
- comparing, by the one or more computing devices, the text transcription against a plurality of test phrases;
- identifying, by the one or more computing devices and based at least in part on the comparing, a match between the text transcription and a test phrase of the plurality of test phrases;
- and
- responsive to identifying the match, determining, by the one or more computing devices, a phonetic distance between the text transcription of the audio output and the input text phrase,
- wherein determining the phonetic distance is based on a first phonetic transcription associated with the input text phrase and a second phonetic transcription associated with the text transcription.
A computing system, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more memory devices, the one or more memory devices storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving data indicative of an input text phrase input by a user;
- determining an audio output corresponding to a synthesized spoken rendering of the input text phrase;
- determining a text transcription of the audio output of the input text phrase, the text transcription comprising a textual representation of the audio output;
- comparing the text transcription against a plurality of test phrases;
- identifying, based at least in part on the comparing, a match between the text transcription and a test phrase of the plurality of test phrases;
- and
- responsive to identifying the match, determining a phonetic distance between the text transcription of the audio output and the input text phrase,
- wherein determining the phonetic distance is based on a first phonetic transcription associated with the input text phrase and a second phonetic transcription associated with the text transcription.
One or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving data indicative of an input text phrase input by a user;
- determining an audio output corresponding to a synthesized spoken rendering of the input text phrase;
- determining a text transcription of the audio output of the input text phrase, the text transcription comprising a textual representation of the audio output;
- comparing the text transcription against a plurality of test phrases;
- identifying, based at least in part on the comparing, a match between the text transcription and a test phrase of the plurality of test phrases;
- and
- responsive to identifying the match, determining a phonetic distance between the text transcription of the audio output and the input text phrase,
- wherein determining the phonetic distance is based on a first phonetic transcription associated with the input text phrase and a second phonetic transcription associated with the text transcription.
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