System and method for separate audio program translation
AssigneeCharter Communications Operating, LLC
InventorKreig DuBose
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Abstract
Systems, methods and apparatus providing language translation of a media stream by deriving, at a media routing device, an initial language plaintext representation of audio information associated with an input media stream, translating the initial language plaintext representation to provide a target language plaintext representation, applying text-to-speech processing to the target language plaintext representation to provide corresponding target language audio information associated with the input media stream, combining the corresponding target language audio information with the received media stream to provide thereby an output media stream.
Claims14
A method for providing language translation of a media stream, comprising:
- deriving, at a media routing device, an initial language plaintext representation of audio information associated with an input media stream;
- translating the initial language plaintext representation to provide a target language plaintext representation;
- applying text-to-speech processing to the target language plaintext representation to provide corresponding target language audio information associated with the input media stream;
- and
- combining the corresponding target language audio information with the received media stream to provide thereby an output media stream.
A method for generating a separate audio program (SAP) for a media stream, comprising:
- extracting initial language audio information from a media stream including corresponding video information;
- applying voice recognition processing to the initial language audio information to derive therefrom a corresponding initial language plain text representation;
- translating the initial language plaintext representation to provide a target language plaintext representation;
- applying text-to-speech processing to the target language plaintext representation to generate corresponding target language audio information;
- and
- multiplexing the corresponding target language audio information as a SAP within the media stream.
A content distribution element, comprising a processor configured for:
- extracting initial language audio information from a media stream including corresponding video information;
- applying voice recognition processing to the initial language audio information to derive therefrom a corresponding initial language plain text representation;
- translating the initial language plaintext representation to provide a target language plaintext representation;
- applying text-to-speech processing to the target language plaintext representation to generate corresponding target language audio information;
- and
- multiplexing the corresponding target language audio information as a SAP within the media stream.
A tangible and non-transient computer readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a computer, adapt the operation of the computer to provide a method for providing language translation of a media stream, comprising:
- deriving, at a media routing device, an initial language plaintext representation of audio information associated with an input media stream;
- translating the initial language plaintext representation to provide a target language plaintext representation;
- applying text-to-speech processing to the target language plaintext representation to provide corresponding target language audio information associated with the input media stream;
- and
- combining the corresponding target language audio information with the received media stream to provide thereby an output media stream.
A computer program product wherein computer instructions, when executed by a processor in a content distribution network element, adapt the operation of the content distribution network element to provide a method for providing language translation of a media stream, comprising:
- deriving, at a media routing device, an initial language plaintext representation of audio information associated with an input media stream;
- translating the initial language plaintext representation to provide a target language plaintext representation;
- applying text-to-speech processing to the target language plaintext representation to provide corresponding target language audio information associated with the input media stream;
- and
- combining the corresponding target language audio information with the received media stream to provide thereby an output media stream.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.