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US 11,145,313 B2Granted
System and method for assisting communication through predictive speech
OwnerMichael Bondinventor
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Abstract
A system and method for assisting communication through predictive speech is provided. A database includes commonly used words, phrases, and images, each associated with at least one context cue. A processor is configured to determine the user's context and display a number of possible initial words, phrases, or images associated with the determined context. A text field is updated with selected words, phrases, or images. The words, phrases, or literal equivalents of the images are audibly transmitted.
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A system for assisting a user with a speech impairment provide audible communication to others in audible range of the user through predictive language choice options, said system comprising:
- a user device associated with the user and comprising a display and at least one speaker;
- a database comprising words, phrases, images, and initial phrases comprising various combinations of some words, phrases, and images, wherein each of the words, phrases, images, and initial phrases are associated with the one or more context cues, and wherein at least some of the context cues are other ones of said words, phrases, images, and initial phrases;
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- an electronic storage device comprising software instructions, which when executed by a processor, configure the user device to:
- determine an user context for the user;
- query the database to retrieve said initial phrases associated with said one or more context cues matching said initial user context;
- display, at a predictive field of the user device, said initial phrases retrieved from said database based on said initial user context;
- monitor for user input indicated selection of one of said initial phrases displayed at the predictive field;
- display, at a text field of the user device, the selected one of the initial phrases;
- determine a further user context for the user bases, at least in part, on said selected one of the initial phrases;
- query the database to retrieve said words, phrases, images associated with said one or more context cues matching the further user context;
- display, at the predictive field, the words, phrases, images retrieved from said database based on said further user context;
- monitor for user input selecting one or more of the words, phrases, and images displayed at the predictive field;
- update the text field to also display the selected one or ones of the words, phrases, and images with the selected one of the initial phrases;
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- audibly transmitting words, phrases, and literal equivalents of the images displayed at the text field through said at least one speaker.
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A method for assisting a user with a speech impairment provide audible communication to others in audible range of the user through predictive language choices options, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a database comprising a number of words, phrases, images, and initial phrases comprising various combinations of some words, phrases, and images, wherein each of said words, phrases, and images are associated with one or more context cues, and wherein at least some of the one or more context cues are other ones of said words, phrases, images, and initial phrase;
- determining an initial context for the user;
- querying the database for said initial phrases associated with said one or more context cues matching said initial user context;
- displaying, at a predictive field of the user device, said initial phrases retrieved from said database based on said initial user context;
- monitoring for user input indicating selection of one or said initial phrases displayed at the user device;
- displaying, at a text field of the user device, the selected one of said initial phrases;
- determining a further user context based, at least in part, on said selected one of the initial phrase;
- querying the database to retrieve said words, phrases, or images associated with the further user context;
- displaying, at the predictive field, the words, phrases, or images retrieved from the database based on said further user context;
- monitoring, at the user device, for user input indicating selection of one of the words, phrases, or images displayed at the predictive field;
- updating the text field to also display the selected one or more of the words, phrases, or images within a text field with the selected one of the initial phrases;
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- audibly transmitting words, phrases, or literal equivalents of the images displayed within the text field.
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A system for assisting users with speech impairments provide audible communication to others in audible range of a user through predictive language choice options, said system comprising:
- a number of smartphones, each associated with a respective one of said users, and each comprising a touch-sensitive display and a speaker;
- a database comprising words, phrases, images, and initial phrases comprising various combinations of some words, phrases and images, wherein each of the words, phrases, images, and initial phrase are associated with ones or more context cues comprising:
- user identities, times of day, locations, and other ones of said words, phrases, and images, and initial phrases;
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- a server in communication with each of said and comprising software instructions, which when executed by a processor on a respective ones of the smartphones, configures the respective smartphone to:
- determine a location of the respective smartphone;
- determine, at the respective smartphone, a current time;
- determine a user identity associated with the respective smartphone;
- query the database for a selection of most commonly used ones said initial phrases associated with the user identity, the location, and the current time;
- display the initial phrases retrieved from the database within a predictive field at the respective smartphone;
- monitor for user input at the respective smartphone indicating selection of one of the initial phrase displayed within the predictive field of the respective smartphone;
- update a text field of the respective smartphone to display the selected initial phrase;
- query the database for a selection of most commonly used ones of said words, phrases, and images associated with the selected initial phrase;
- display the words, phrases, or images retrieved from the database within the predictive field of the respective smartphone;
- monitor for user input at the respective smartphone indicating selection of one or more of the words, phrases, and images displayed within the predictive field;
- update the text field of the respective smartphone with the words, phrase, and images displayed at the predictive field;
- monitor for user input selecting an audio transmission button at the respective smartphone;
- upon receipt of user input from the respective smartphone indicating selection of the audio transmission button, audibly transmit, at the respective smartphone, an initial phrase, the words, phrases, and literal equivalents of images located within the text field by way of the speaker of the respective smartphone;
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- update the database to associate each of the initial phrase, words, phrases, and images selected for audible transmission at the respective smartphone with the user identity, the location, the current time, and the other ones of the words, phrases, or images selected for audible transmission for the respective smartphone.
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