Abstract: To provide a speech recognition results re-ranking technology for re-ranking speech recognition results so as to render speech recognition results suitable for intended use of speech recognition while reducing preparation costs required prior to execution of re-ranking processing of speech recognition results. A speech recognition results re-ranking device includes: a speech recognition unit 210 that generates a speech recognition result set with recognition score from speech data; and a re-ranking unit 220 that generates a speech recognition result set with integrated score from the speech recognition result set with recognition score by using a word vector expression database, a cluster center vector expression database, and a normalized knowledge information word DF value database.

Abstract: A method for natural language query processing in an internet of things (IoT) system and an electronic device thereof are provided. The method includes receiving a natural language query including a plurality of attributes. Further, the method includes determining, by the IoT query engine, things from a plurality of things to be queried from a unified metadata based on the plurality of attributes. The unified metadata includes information about the plurality of things connected in the IoT system. Further, the method includes sending, by the IoT query engine, at least one structural query to each of the determined things. The at least one structural query is generated based on the plurality of attributes and the determined things. Further, the method includes retrieving, by the IoT query engine, results from each of the determined things.

Abstract: This patent application is directed to interaction between a voice-controlled device and a language processing system that processes user requests. The requests can be requests for information or they can be requests to control a device, such as “Turn on the bedroom light.” The disclosure includes various embodiments for trying to resolve system errors in a manner that provides an improved customer experience. The improvements described include the capability of the overall system to recognize that an error has occurred while attempting to fulfill a request that was submitted as part of a recognized spoken utterance. Instead of simply doing nothing, or of playing a message to the customer to try again later, the system would now let the user know it was still processing the request while making another attempt at fulfilling the request.

Abstract: A method, a computer system, and a computer program product for detecting voice commands. Audio is recorded by the computer system to form a recorded audio. The computer system then determines whether a voice command spoken by a first person is present in the recorded audio. If the voice command is present in the recorded audio, the computer system determines whether the voice command is directed to a second person by the first person. If the voice command is not being directed to the second person, the computer system processes the voice command, wherein processing of the voice command occurs without a wake word.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a word detection system acquires speech data including a plurality of frames, generates the speech characteristic amount, calculates a frame score by matching a reference model based on the speech characteristic amount associated with a target word with the frames in the speech data, calculates a first score of the word from the frame score, detects the word from the speech data based on the first score, calculates a second score of the word based on time information on the start and the end of the detected word and the frame score, compares the value of the second score with the second scores of a plurality of words, and determines a word to be output based on the comparison result.

Abstract: Audio signal processing for adaptive de-reverberation uses a least mean squares (LMS) filter that has improved convergence over conventional LMS filters, making embodiments practical for reducing the effects of reverberation for use in many portable and embedded devices, such as smartphones, tablets, laptops, and hearing aids, for applications such as speech recognition and audio communication in general. The LMS filter employs a frequency-dependent adaptive step size to speed up the convergence of the predictive filter process, requiring fewer computational steps compared to a conventional LMS filter applied to the same inputs. The improved convergence is achieved at low memory consumption cost. Controlling the updates of the prediction filter in a high non-stationary condition of the acoustic channel improves the performance under such conditions. The techniques are suitable for single or multiple channels and are applicable to microphone array processing.

Abstract: Sensor data is received from a physical environment sensor. A component region associated with at least a portion of the sensor data is identified. A physical environment has been defined to include a plurality of component regions. Context information associated with the identified component region is obtained. The context information is utilized in association with a prediction model.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for processing voice data are provided. One of methods, implemented by an IoT device, includes: receiving voice data from a server, wherein the voice data is obtained through converting text data to voice data by the server; determining a content attribute associated with the voice data; determining a content attribute type of the content attribute associated with the voice data; determining a first play rule matching the content attribute type based on a matching relationship between content attribute types and respective first play rules, wherein the first play rule including a play starting time and a play mode; and automatically playing the voice data according to the play starting time and the play mode.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for dynamically modifying images based on the content of articles associated with the images, particularly the emotional content of an article. Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure allow users to quickly and easily identify the emotional nature of an article based on such an image. Characteristics of an image associated with an article may also be modified in response to comments from viewers regarding the article.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to sibilance detection and mitigation in a voice signal. A method of sibilance detection and mitigation is described. In the method, a predetermined spectrum feature is extracted from a voice signal, the predetermined spectrum feature representing a distribution of signal energy over a voice frequency band. Sibilance is then identified based on the predetermined spectrum feature. Excessive sibilance is further identified from the identified sibilance based on a level of the identified sibilance. Then the voice signal is processed by decreasing a level of the excessive sibilance so as to suppress the excessive sibilance. Corresponding system and computer program products are described as well.

Abstract: Various arrangements for voice-based metadata tagging of video content are presented. A request to add a spoken metadata tag to be linked with a video content instance may be received. A voice clip that includes audio spoken by a user may be received. Speech-to-text conversion of the voice clip to produce a proposed spoken metadata tag may be performed. A metadata integration database to link the spoken metadata tag with the video content instance may be updated.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for detecting a mismatch between the spoken language in an audio file and the audio language that is tagged as the spoken language in the audio file metadata. Example methods may include receiving a media file including spoken language metadata. Certain methods include generating an audio sample from the media file. Certain methods include generating a text translation of the audio sample based on the spoken language metadata. Certain methods include determining that the spoken language metadata does not match a spoken language in the audio sample based on the text translation. Certain methods include sending an indication that the spoken language metadata does not match the spoken language.

Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and computer-readable storage mediums for utilizing multiple AI service providers by a dialog management system. The dialog management system can include a dispatcher bot, multiple worker bots, and multiple AI adapters that are each associated with a different cloud-based AI service provider. In response to receiving a query, the dispatcher bot selects a particular worker bot to handle the query. The particular worker bot is assigned to a particular AI service provider. An AI adapter associated with the particular AI service provider, generates a query message based on the query. The AI adapter sends the query message to the particular AI service provider and receives a response message. The dialog management system sends a representation of the response message to the particular worker bot, receives an answer for the query from the particular worker bot, and provides the answer for output.

Abstract: A computer implemented method for automatically moderating a system response to a user's voice command. A voice command from a user is received. The voice command is associated with a system command, the system command including command requirements. A determination is the made as to whether the user is experiencing stress based on a stress level detected in the received voice command, and the command requirements dynamically adjusted when the user is determined to be experiencing stress.

Abstract: An audio device with at least one microphone adapted to receive sound from a sound field and create an output, and a processing system that is responsive to the output of the microphone. The processing system is configured to use a signal processing algorithm to detect a wakeup word, and modify the signal processing algorithm that is used to detect the wakeup word if the sound field changes.

Abstract: A method at a first electronic device of a local group of connected electronic devices includes: receiving a first voice command including a request for a first operation; determining a first target device for the first operation from among the local group; establishing a focus session with respect to the first target device; causing the first operation to be performed by the first target device; receiving a second voice command including a request for a second operation; determining that the second voice command does not include an explicit designation of a second target device; determining that the second operation can be performed by the first target device; determining whether the second voice command satisfies one or more focus session maintenance criteria; and if the second voice command satisfies the focus session maintenance criteria, causing the second operation to be performed by the first target device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application disclose a cluster-based word vector processing method, apparatus, and device. Solutions are include: in a cluster having a server cluster and a worker computer cluster, in which each worker computer in the worker computer cluster separately reads some corpuses in parallel, extracts a word and context words of the word from the read corpuses, obtains corresponding word vectors from a server in the server cluster, and trains the corresponding word vectors, and the server cluster updates word vectors of same words that are stored before the training according to training results of one or more respective worker computers with respect to the word vectors of the same words.

Abstract: Performing an operation comprising determining that a parse of an input string comprising a plurality of tokens is incomplete, generating, based on a machine learning (ML) model: (i) a plurality of candidate addition tokens for adding to the input string, and (ii) a plurality of candidate removal tokens for removing from the input string, selecting, from the plurality of candidate addition tokens and the plurality of candidate removal tokens, a first candidate token, and modifying the input string based on the first candidate token to facilitate a complete parse of the modified input string by a parser.

Abstract: A system capable of detecting human presence based on output from a model-free detector and model-based detector(s). For example, the model-free detector may identify acoustic events and the model-based detectors can determine specific types of acoustic events and whether the acoustic events are associated with human activity. Using output from the model-based detectors, a device may confirm that an acoustic event identified by the model-free detector is associated with human activity or may determine that the acoustic event is associated with non-human activity and can be ignored. Thus, the device may detect human presence based on a wide variety of noises while reducing a number of false positives associated with the model-free detector.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to speech privacy systems and/or associated methods. The techniques described herein disrupt the intelligibility of the perceived speech by, for example, superimposing onto an original speech signal a masking replica of the original speech signal in which portions of it are smeared by a time delay and/or amplitude adjustment, with the time delays and/or amplitude adjustments oscillating over time. In certain example embodiments, smearing of the original signal may be generated in frequency ranges corresponding to formants, consonant sounds, phonemes, and/or other related or non-related information-carrying building blocks of speech. Additionally, or in the alternative, annoying reverberations particular to a room or area in low frequency ranges may be “cut out” of the replica signal, without increasing or substantially increasing perceived loudness.