Speech morphing communication system

A communication system comprising:

• a memory;
• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more modules stored in memory and configured for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more modules comprising:
• a speech input module configured to receive a first speech signal of a first speaker;
• an automatic speech recognizer module coupled with said speech input module, said automatic speech recognizer module configured to convert said first speech signal into a text sequence;
• a speech analyzer module coupled with said speech input module, said speech analyzer module configured to extract paralinguistic characteristics from said first speech signal;
• a voice analyzer module configured to receive a second speech signal of a second speaker and generate one or more phonemes bases on said second speech signal;
• and
• an output speech module coupled with said automatic speech recognizer module, said speech analyzer module, and said voice analyzer module, said output speech module configured to convert said text sequence of said first speech signal into a converted speech signal of said second speaker based on said one or more phonemes of said second speech signal, and convert said converted speech signal into an output speech signal of said second speaker by applying said paralinguistic characteristics to said converted speech signal.

A speech morphing communication system comprising:

• an speech input device configured to receive a first speech signal of a first speaker;
• a first automatic speech recognizer and a second automatic speech recognizer coupled with said input device, first automatic speech recognizer configured to convert said first speech signal into a text first text sequence and second automatic speech recognizer configured to convert said first speech signal into a second text sequence;
• a text sequence comparator coupled with said first automatic speech recognizer and said second automatic speech recognizer, said text sequence comparator configured to select one text sequence from among said first text sequence and said second text sequence;
• a speech analyzer coupled with said speech input device, said speech analyzer configured to extract paralinguistic characteristics from said first speech signal;
• a translator coupled with said text analyzer, said translator configured to translate said selected text sequence from a first language to a second language to generate a translated text sequence;
• a voice analyzer configured to receive a second speech signal of a second speaker and generate one or more phonemes based on said second speech signal;
• and
• a speech output device coupled to said speech analyzer and said voice analyzer, said speech output device configured to convert said translated text sequence of said first speech signal into a converted speech signal of said second speaker based on said one or more phonemes of said second speech signal, and convert said converted speech signal into an output speech signal of said second speaker by applying said paralinguistic characteristics to said converted speech signal.

A method for converting speech into text comprising:

• receiving a first speech signal of a first speaker;
• receiving a second speech signal of a second speaker;
• extracting paralinguistic characteristics from said first input speech signal;
• converting said first speech signal to a text sequence;
• generating phonemes based on said second speech signal;
• transforming said text sequence of said first speech signal into a converted speech signal of said second speaker based on said one or more phonemes of said second speech signal;
• and converting said converted speech signal into an output speech signal of said second speaker by applying said extracted paralinguistic characteristics to said converted speech signal.