Title:
A name pronunciation system and a method
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6021956
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A method comprising:
providing a plurality of pronunciation guessers, each of the plurality of pronunciation guessers being associated with a respective phonetic alphabet of a language or a locale;
determining a user language or a user locale;
associating a first phonetic alphabet with the user language or the user locale;
receiving at each pronunciation guesser a representation of a name;
guessing, at each pronunciation guesser, a phonetic pronunciation of one or more components of the name;
mapping the phonetic pronunciation of the one or more components of the name guessed by each of the plurality of pronunciation guessers to the first phonetic alphabet to generate a list of guessed pronunciations;
receiving an audio pronunciation of the name; and
selecting a combination of components from the list of guessed pronunciations that, when pronounced, substantially matches the audio pronunciation of the name.
Inventors:
Nike, Devang Kay.
Application Number:
JP2014560055A
Publication Date:
November 09, 2016
Filing Date:
February 28, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Apple Inc.
International Classes:
G10L13/08
Domestic Patent References:
| JP11231886A | ||||
| JP2000352989A | ||||
| JP2001296880A | ||||
| JP2000032140A |
Foreign References:
| US20100153115 | ||||
| US7472061 | ||||
| US20020013707 | ||||
| US20090076819 | ||||
| US20070219777 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yasunori Otsuka
Shiro Takayanagi
Yasuhiro Otsuka
Shuji Kimura
Osamu Shimoyama
Nagakawa Yukimitsu
Shiro Takayanagi
Yasuhiro Otsuka
Shuji Kimura
Osamu Shimoyama
Nagakawa Yukimitsu
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