| US 7,490,042 B2 | ||
| Methods and apparatus for adapting output speech in accordance with context of communication | ||
| Ellen Marie Eide, Tarrytown, N.Y. (US); Wael Mohamed Hamza, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. (US); and Michael Alan Picheny, White Plains, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 29, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/92,057. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0229873 A1, Oct. 12, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G10L 15/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 704—270 [704/235; 704/257; 704/275; 379/88.04; 715/708] | 10 Claims |
| 1. A method of producing speech output in an automatic dialog system in accordance with a detected context, the method comprising
the steps of:
receiving a communication from a user at the automatic dialog system;
detecting a context of the communication from the user in a context detector of the automatic dialog system, the context of
the communication comprising an ambient noise level;
creating a message in a natural language generator of the automatic dialog system in communication with the context detector;
and
conveying the message to the user through a speech synthesis system of the automatic dialog system, in communication with
the natural language generator and the context detector; and
wherein, responsive to a detected level of ambient noise, the context detector provides at least one command in a markup language
to cause the natural language generator to create the message using maximally intelligible words and to cause the speech synthesis
system to convey the message with increased volume and decreased speed.
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