Method and device for providing speech-to-text encoding and telephony service
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
InventorsCharles David Caldwell, John Bruce Harlow, Robert J. Sayko, Norman Shaye
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Abstract
A machine-readable medium and a network device are provided for speech-to-text translation. Speech packets are received at a broadband telephony interface and stored in a buffer. The speech packets are processed and textual representations thereof are displayed as words on a display device. Speech processing is activated and deactivated in response to a command from a subscriber.
Claims14
A network device comprising:
- a network interface that enables communication between the network device and a subscriber terminal;
- a display interface configured to communicate with a visual display device to display textual information;
- a telephone interface configured to communicate with a telephone to convey voice information of a user;
- at least one processor configured to transmit speech information to be decoded and displayed as text on a visual display device of the subscriber terminal during receipt of the speech information;
- and
- a module configured to activate and deactivate speech recognition based on communicated data from the subscriber terminal from a detector configured to respond to subscriber inputs in the form of at least one DTMF.
A network device comprising:
- means for transmitting, via a broadband telephony interface, speech packets to a subscriber terminal such that the speech packets can be processed and displayed as textual representations thereof on a display device of the subscriber terminal;
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- means for responding to a command in the form of at least one DTMF tone from the subscriber terminal to activate and deactivate speech processing.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
- receiving, at a broadband telephony interface, speech packets;
- responding to a command in the form of at least one DTMF tone, from a subscriber, to activate and deactivate speech processing;
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- processing, based on the command, the speech packets to display textual representations thereof as words on a display device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.