Voice tonal control system to change perceived cognitive state
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsTodd R. Whitman, Aaron K. Baughman, David Bastian, Nik McCrory
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Abstract
A voice tonal control system is provided to achieve a target perceived cognitive state of a user's voice. For this purpose a computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a computer device, user input defining a target perceived cognitive state of a user's voice, determining, by the computer device, an actual perceived cognitive state of the user's voice based on cognitively analyzing a spoken sample of the user's voice, and providing, by the computer device, an alert in real time to the user based on the actual perceived cognitive state of the user's voice differing from the target perceived cognitive state of the user's voice.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a computer device, user input defining a target perceived cognitive state of a user's voice;
- determining, by the computer device, an actual perceived cognitive state of the user's voice based on cognitively analyzing a spoken sample of the user's voice;
- providing, by the computer device, an alert in real time to the user based on the actual perceived cognitive state of the user's voice differing from the target perceived cognitive state of the user's voice;
- outputting a recommendation to the user to achieve the targeted perceived cognitive state, wherein the outputting the recommendation is performed based on determining the actual perceived cognitive state of the user's voice differs from the target perceived cognitive state of the user's voice, and wherein the recommendation comprises a recommended tonal change of the user's voice and a recommended vocabulary change of the user's voice;
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- displaying, by the computer device, a color coded visual message to the user to adjust a tone of the user's voice, a volume of the user's voice, a speed of the user's voice and a vocabulary of the user's voice to achieve the targeted perceived cognitive state while speaking, wherein a color of the color coded visual message represents an amount of deviation from the target perceived cognitive state of the user's voice.
A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to:
- receive user input defining a target perceived cognitive state of a user's voice;
- determine an actual perceived cognitive state of the user's voice based on cognitively analyzing a spoken sample of the user's voice;
- select a tonal change to achieve the target perceived cognitive state of the user's voice based on the actual perceived cognitive state of the user's voice differing from the target perceived cognitive state of the user's voice;
- output a recommendation to the user to achieve the targeted perceived cognitive state by making the selected tonal change to the user's voice;
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- display a color coded visual message to the user to adjust a tone of the user's voice, a volume of the user's voice, a speed of the user's voice, an inflection of the user's voice and a vocabulary of the user's voice to achieve the targeted perceived cognitive state while speaking, wherein a color of the color coded visual message represents an amount of deviation from the target perceived cognitive state of the user's voice.
A system comprising:
- a processor, a computer readable memory, and a computer readable storage medium;
- program instructions to receive user input defining a target perceived cognitive state of a user's voice;
- program instructions to determine an actual perceived cognitive state of the user's voice based on cognitively analyzing a spoken sample of the user's voice;
- program instructions to provide an alert in real time to the user based on the actual perceived cognitive state of the user's voice differing from the target perceived cognitive state of the user's voice;
- program instructions to output a recommendation to the user to achieve the targeted perceived cognitive state, wherein the outputting the recommendation is performed based on determining the actual perceived cognitive state of the user's voice differs from the target perceived cognitive state of the user's voice, and wherein the recommendation comprises a recommended tonal change of the user's voice and a recommended vocabulary change of the user's voice;
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- program instructions to display a color coded visual message including a plurality of bars to the user to adjust a tone of the user's voice, a volume of the user's voice, a speed of the user's voice, an inflection of the user's voice and a vocabulary of the user's voice to achieve the targeted perceived cognitive state while speaking, wherein a color of each bar represents an amount of deviation from the target perceived cognitive state of the user's voice,
- wherein the program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium for execution by the processor via the computer readable memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.