# US 2017/0256252 A1 · Systems and methods for providing non-lexical cues in synthesized speech

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- Number: US 2017/0256252 A1
- Document ID: US20170256252A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/384,148
- Filed: 2016-12-19
- Published: 2017-09-07
- Earliest claimed: 2014-09-26
- Assignees: Intel Corporation
- Applicants: Intel Corporation
- Inventors: Jessica M. Christian; Peter Graff; Crystal A. Nakatsu; Beth Ann Hockey
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170256252A1

## CPC

- G10L 13/027: Concept to speech synthesisers; Generation of natural phrases from machine-based concepts (generation of parameters for speech synthesis out of text G10L13/08)
- G06F 40/30: Semantic analysis
- G06F 40/40: Processing or translation of natural language (natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30)
- G10L 13/08: Text analysis or generation of parameters for speech synthesis out of text, e.g. grapheme to phoneme translation, prosody generation or stress or intonation determination
- G10L 2013/083: {Special characters, e.g. punctuation marks}
- G10L: SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for providing non-lexical cues in synthesized speech. Original text is analyzed to determine characteristics of the text and/or to derive or augment an intent (e.g., an intent code). Non-lexical cue insertion points are determined based on the characteristics of the text and/or the intent. One or more non-lexical cues are inserted at insertion points to generate augmented text. The augmented text is synthesized into speech, including converting the non-lexical cues to speech output.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system that converts text to speech, the system comprising:
an intent analyzer to analyze original text received by the system to derive an intent representative of intended meaning to be conveyed by non-lexical cues;
a non-lexical cue insertion engine to determine insertion points of non-lexical cues based on the derived intent and to insert a non-lexical cue at the insertion point within the original text to generate augmented text; and
a speech synthesizer to synthesize speech from the augmented text.